When Vladimir Putin stepped into the ring at Olimpisky Stadium in Moscow after a martial arts fight at the weekend, he appeared to be greeted by boos.
Russia’s failed Mars moon probe points to problems of a once-pioneering space industry struggling to recover after a generation of brain drain.
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/ 7 November 2011
Are Jacob Zuma’s recent photographs a bit too staged and polished?
Barack Obama topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people in 2011, while Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came in at No. 2.
The outgoing Russian president denies political rivalry with current prime minister, claiming he was happy to step aside.
The year is 2024. The world’s economic prospects have perked up a bit since the collapse of the euro.
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/ 27 September 2011
Vladimir Putin’s strategy for a smooth return to the Kremlin appears to have gone off script with the departure of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.
Liberal minister says he will quit if Medvedev becomes prime minister after announcement that caught many off guard.
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/ 24 September 2011
Vladimir Putin declared on Saturday that he planned to reclaim the Russian presidency in an election next March.
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the US is living beyond its means and acts "like a parasite" on the global economy.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday added to the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s 2012 presidential polls, saying he wanted a second term.
On Saturday Russia said it would lift a ban on grain exports that was imposed in August 2010 in the middle of a drought that wiped out harvests.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev marked his 80th birthday on Wednesday by advising Vladimir Putin against running for president.
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/ 1 February 2011
Strongman leader Vladimir Putin has sat down for an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell, telling her Russia had tougher guys than him.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people at Russia’s busiest airport.
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/ 2 December 2010
Not even the absence of Vladimir Putin could derail Russia’s World Cup bid as Fifa voters showed fondness for taking football to new frontiers.
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/ 3 November 2010
Russian fertiliser company Phosagro is reportedly planning to bid for Potash Corp, rivaling BHP Billiton’s $39-billion offer.
Some of Russia’s leading writers said they had declined invitations to meet Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the day of his 57th birthday.
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/ 18 September 2009
Barack Obama has abandoned a controversial plan to build a missile-defence system in Europe in a break with the policies of the Bush administration.
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/ 9 September 2009
Condé Nast is embroiled in a row over censorship after it allegedly prevented the publication inside Russia of an article critical of Vladimir Putin.
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/ 9 September 2009
The stark social cost of Russia’s economic crisis was exposed when new statistics revealed a 30% increase in the number of people living in poverty.
President Barack Obama left for Moscow on Sunday promising a far-reaching effort to ”reset” US-Russian relations that hit a low under George Bush.
Businessmen are expected to use a Russia-US business summit on Tuesday to press Moscow to improve conditions for Western companies operating there.
He was once Russia’s virility symbol, yet a year into his current role of prime minister there seems a little less swagger in Vladimir Putin’s step.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would halt gas deliveries to Ukraine if payment is not received by Saturday.
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/ 27 January 2009
Russia edged closer to a recession last month as half a million people lost their jobs and capital investment fell for the first time in nine years.
Russia halts gas supplies to the Balkans, Turkey and south-eastern Europe, while flows to Austria drop by 90% in a deepening price row
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
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/ 13 October 2008
Two months after the Caucasus conflict broke out, some sober lessons are emerging for all sides.
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/ 11 October 2008
On Friday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin showed off his latest birthday present: a rare two-and-a-half-month-old Siberian tiger.
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/ 19 September 2008
Russian PM Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected the prospect of a new Cold War with the West and said Russia wanted further world economic integration.
Putin claims that Washington is to blame for the Caucasus crisis. Does he really think Dick Cheney’s that clever?