Vladimir Putin

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Biography: (1952) Born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (1975) Graduates from law school in Leningrad. (1975-1990) KGB agent posted mainly in East Germany but also Leningrad. (1994-1996) Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg. (1996-1998) Deputy Chief of Staff in President Boris Yeltsin's administration. (1998-1999) Head of the Federal Security Bureau and Yeltsin's Security Council [...]

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October 29, 2010

Russia To Revise Gas Contracts With Ukraine

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According to Nikolai Azarov, the agreement was reached during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Kiev. Earlier, Gazprom announced that [...]

October 18, 2010

Putins Make Rare Public Appearance, Reaffirm Marriage

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MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila made a rare public appearance over the weekend seeking to reaffirm their marriage. [...]

October 29, 2010

Russia Eyes Cutting Oil Industry Tax Burden By 8% By 2020

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Speaking earlier in the day at the meeting, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said work on developing changes to the current tax system should soon be [...]

October 31, 2010

Fighting Words

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The former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev complained last week that Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, whom he once supported, had undermined Russia's [...]

October 11, 2010

Putin Takes All Key Russia Economic Decisions

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decides on all of Russia's key economic policies, although President Dmitry Medvedev also gets a say on [...]

October 22, 2010

Putin To Attend Int'l Pure Water-

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MOSCOW, October 20 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will attend an International Pure Water-2010 forum the theme of which is "Water [...]

October 15, 2010

Belarus, Russia Remain Committed To Cooperation, Vladimir Putin Says

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MOSCOW, 15 October (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia are ready to continue mutually beneficial cooperation, Russian Premier Vladimir Putin said in the session of [...]

October 29, 2010

Putin Welcomes 'Gulag'

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has welcomed the publication of a school version of Soviet-era dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn's “The Gulag Archipelago,” [...]

October 25, 2010

Russia To Host Grand Prix From 2014

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According to an agreement signed by Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia's southern region of [...]

October 11, 2010

Putin Hints At German Entry In South Stream

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Berlusconi arrived for a personal visit Friday, the day after Putin's birthday. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that German companies were now [...]

October 29, 2010

Putin And Medvedev Closest Ever In Popularity: Poll

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has narrowed the gap in approval ratings with his mentor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, widely seen as Russia's [...]

October 15, 2010

Russia Finally Inks F1 Deal

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The deal was announced by Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and then inked by F1 commercial rights boss Ecclestone and Krasnodar regional governor [...]

October 11, 2010

Sexy Russian Calendar Honors Putin's 58th Birthday

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The calendar created for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 58th birthday Thursday shows the 12 pinup girls, all journalism students of Moscow State [...]

October 22, 2010

Georgian President Seeks To Outdo Putin With Ironman Swim

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Wednesday took to the waters of the Black Sea for a marathon swim, in a tough-guy show of macho prowess reminiscent of his arch-foe Vladimir Putin. [...]

October 15, 2010

Putin To Push CES Despite Chill With Belarus

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MOSCOW, October 15 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet his Belarussian and Kazakh counterparts, Sergei Sidorsky and Karim Maximov, [...]

October 22, 2010

Putin Commits To Emergency Supply Of Parts For Bulgarian NPP

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Russian PM Vladimir Putin at a September inspection of the construction of Nord Stream gas pipeline. Photo by EPA/BGNES Russian PM Vladimir Putin has vowed [...]

October 13, 2010

Medvedev Pulls Investigations Committee Close

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The committee was originally established in 2007-08 by then-President Vladimir Putin. Its job is to coordinate major cases and carry out preliminary [...]

August 05, 2010

WIREDVC: Roll Up Roll Up! Putin Agrees Grand Russia Sell Off

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It will be a busy three years for the Russian state privatisation market it seems, with details emerging that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved the part privatization of ten [...]

October 13, 2010

Putin's Party Tightens Its Grip

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The United Russia party is chaired by former president Vladimir Putin who has continued to call the shots as prime minister and remains widely popular. [...]

October 14, 2010

Deal Reached To Stage Russia GP In 2014

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By Motorsport.com/GMM A deal to host at least seven Russian Grand Prix in Sochi beginning in 2014 has been reached, the country's president Vladimir Putin [...]

August 29, 2010

Putin Opens Russian Side Of Oil Pipeline To China

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MOSCOW ? Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday opened the Russian section of a long-awaited oil pipeline that will carry Russian crude to China in a bid [...]

October 18, 2010

Russia To Supply 35 Tanks To Venezuela Putin

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NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 15 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia will soon supply 35 tanks to Venezuela, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [...]

October 29, 2010

Chechnya Leader Calls For Putin To Rule For Life

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano at the Russian [...]

October 18, 2010

To Russia With Love: With F1 Heading To Sochi In 2014 Which Grands Prix Will Go?

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Two days ago, we saw a lovely picture of Bernie Ecclestone and Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin shaking hands, announcing that there will be a race in [...]

October 13, 2010

Regions Improving Investment Climate Can Get Incentives Putin

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MOSCOW, October 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed to discuss the opportunity for creating additional incentives to regions [...]


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