Vladimir Putin has said he will run for Russia's presidency in 2012, almost certainly ensuring a return to the office he previously held and foreshadowing years more of a strongman rule that many in the West have called a retreat from democracy.
131923
Putin to run for presidency in 2012
169251
Election run off is to take place in the Maldives
3990
Russian pm Putin will head a delegation to Serbia and Slovenia
142081
Sarah Palin would run in 2012 --
161033
Putin vows to make relations with Latin America a top foreign policy priority
130808
We have returned to democracy after prolonged regimes of dictatorship:
10589
Russia will cut the number of federal officials
43082
2013 will be year of general elections:
163535
Dmitry Medvedev says he could run for Russian presidency again in 2012
24633
ElBaradei 'to run' for president
128965
Russia may form presidential council for inter-ethnic relations
12385
A confident Mitt Romney shifting toward general election
73048
Obama calls for 'fresh start' in message to Russia
22523
Prokhorov says era of 'managed democracy' in Russia over
173184
Obama will return for a second term:
148501
President Museveni receives message from vladmir Putin
15802
It's possible for NATO, Russia to make new beginning - Rasmussen