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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.
Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger — posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged the European Union on Monday to lend Ukraine at least $1 billion to help it pay for natural gas supplies from Russia and avoid another disruption of flows to Europe.
President Dmitry Medvedev told Russians Friday that there can be no justification for the Soviet government's crimes against its own people, lamenting millions of deaths and "maimed destinies" in some of the strongest criticism of the Communist era to come from the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin came to power a decade ago.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia will further delay the introduction of a higher export duty on raw timber that has deeoply worried neighboring Finland.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has reportedly told Vladimir Putin that Russia has a "good chance" of winning the hosting rights to the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized talk of sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, undermining U.S. efforts to present a united front against Tehran's nuclear program at a crucial moment.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin landed in China Monday in an effort to bolster energy, political and military ties between the former rival nations turned strategic partners.
China and Russia may be set to sign another major energy deal as the two countries overcome traditional mistrust to push ahead on mutual economic interests.
In a Sept. 21 story about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin releasing leopards into a wildlife preserve, The Associated Press misidentified the species of leopard. The animals were Persian leopards, not snow leopards.
Once again, Vladimir Putin is hanging out with the big cats.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday praised President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile defense system in Europe and urged the U.S. to also cancel Cold War-era restrictions on trade with Russia.
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged foreign businessmen Friday to invest in Russia, promising to remove bureaucratic hurdles, and called for currencies besides the dollar to be used as reserves amid "uncontrolled" U.S. debt.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that all countries must be willing to accept the criticism of others, a policy that would be a distinct break from the prickly defensiveness of his predecessor Vladimir Putin.
Russia's foreign minister says Moscow firmly opposes any new sanctions against Iran.
Russia's Supreme Court changed the rules Thursday for the investigation into Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya's killing, giving her family a glimmer of hope for justice and testing President Dmitry Medvedev's commitment to judicial reform.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin showed support for Chechnya's controversial leader Monday by praising his assassinated father — the first Kremlin-backed Chechen president — and laying flowers at his grave.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged billions more in government funding to support Russia's aging aerospace industries at the opening of the country's largest air show Tuesday, two days after a fatal air force crash.
Searchers on Sunday combed wreckage at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant for six workers missing since an explosion a week ago. Three more bodies were found, raising the death toll to at least 69 people.
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, promising to provide nearly $500 million in military aid and shrugging off Georgian protests.
Vladimir Putin celebrated a decade in power Sunday, and it appears the former KGB strongman may maintain his grip on Russia's government for years to come.
Vladimir Putin drew scrutiny reserved for Hollywood action heroes this week, as Kremlin images of him fishing, swimming, rowing and riding bare-chested on a Siberian mountain were snapped up by media all over the world.
Russia on Thursday secured Turkish support for a pipeline project that challenges European efforts to reduce energy dependence on Moscow, but predicted that Europe would ultimately benefit from the deal.
Vladimir Putin stripped to the waist for photographers while visiting a remote, rugged region of Siberia, cultivating the macho image that has helped him remain Russia's most popular leader more than a year after stepping down as president.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Kontinental Hockey League will expand to include clubs in central and western Europe.
Putin derides Georgian leader SaakashviliYALTA, Ukraine — Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him.
Russia's 'Nyet' And America's Naivete. 10-14-09. 07:14 PM ET Geopolitics: America's new clout from the Nobel Peace Prize somehow didn't persuade Russia to help pressure soon-to-be-nuclear-armed Tehran. But then, for nearly 20 years Moscow has been helping Iran go nuclear.
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With Obama, Too Much Nuance, Not Enough PowerBarone wrote, "Obama spoke as if the mullahs of Iran, the Kim Jong Il clan of North Korea, Vladimir Putin and his gang of oligarchs, and the rulers of China had the same gripes against the Bush administration as Obama and the liberal Democrats in Congress."
The Neocons Make a Comeback by Bret StephensNeocons are back because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin never went away.
Putin pushed, Obama buckledIronically, Obama's announcement came on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland at the start of World War II -- an event that underscores Warsaw's longstanding fear of aggression from the east.
Vladimir Putin hints at a return to the Russian presidency... and he could be in power untill 2024 Ex-Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the clearest signal to date that he is considering a return to his old job, saying that he and his handpicked successor Dmitry Medvedev, will decide who runs in 2012.
Stalin still looms large over eastern EuropeVladimir Putin is due in Poland on Tuesday to stand with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Polish leaders to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the second world war. But this show of unity belies deep divisions about the war, its causes and its consequences.
US Wants Me Dead: Karadzic Jill Starr , bloomingdale: Aug 28 2009 United States : US Wants Me Dead: KaradzicKaradzic said the US envoy not to try him before the UN tribunal if he withdrew from public life. (Reuter)
Hypothesizing on the Iran-Russia-U.S. Triangle". . .The Russians see themselves facing an existential threat from the Americans. Whether Washington agrees with Biden or not, this is the stated American view of Russia, and by itself it poses an existential threat to Russia.
Ten Years of Putin Seen Through the Prism of Russian History"This coming weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Vladimir Putin's assumption of a leadership position at the Kremlin.
The Russian Economy and Russian Power Examined in Light of Vice President Biden's Unfortunate Remarks"The Americans' willingness to confront the Russians on an issue of fundamental national interest to Russia therefore requires some explanation, as on the surface it seems a high-risk maneuver.
Mourners weep for murdered Russian activistWeeping mourners walked through Chechnya's capital on Thursday to honor activist Natalya Estemirova, whose brazen kidnapping and execution-style killing prompted international outrage.
In talks with Medvedev and Putin Obama's Style Trumps Substance, Again". . .The tone of U.S.-Russian diplomacy was much improved, and Obama is returning to Washington with several concrete agreements, but the summit did not yield a significant breakthrough on any major issue.
U.S., Russia still haggling on arms before Obama visitMOSCOW (Reuters) - On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow, Russia and the United States were on Sunday still bargaining on an outline deal to cut Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons...
Finishing the JobAs the summer heat spreads through the Caucasus, it is once again accompanied by fears of war.
Unfreezing cold war attitudesWhen Barack Obama meets Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, Russia's ruling duumvirate, in Moscow next week, both sides say they want to "press the reset button" in US-Russian relations. It will not be easy.
VIDEO: Stratfor CEO George Friedman examines issues attendant to upcoming US-Russia Summit"In the latest installment of the STRATFOR Insights video series, CEO George Friedman analyzes the upcoming summit July 6-8 between Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama from a geopolitical perspective.
Russia Remains the SameA month after his speech in Cairo reaching out to the Muslim world, Barack Obama will make another historic trip: this time, to Moscow.
Putin warns outsiders over UkrainePrime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Sunday not to meddle in relations between Russia and Ukraine, according to remarks cited by state-run news agencies.
I emigrated to Britain in 1967, April 17th, to be precise (one day before my 19th birthday), to train as a nurse. It was a very strange journey having some perceptions changed dramatically and some reinforced in ways I least expected.
The Return of Brezhnev's StabilityA friend recently sent me a RuTube link to two Soviet-era television documentaries by journalist Valentin Zorin, titled "America in the 1970s." Perhaps because many Soviet Jews were already living in the United States -- and writing home about American life -- those programs were …
What kind of president thrives on chaos? By James Lewis. March 25, 2009To be sure, New Deal Democrats deliberately parlayed economic crisis into political opportunities.
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