Vladimir Putin

She fell out with Yeltsin over the war in Chechnya, and in 2010 was the first to sign a petition that Vladimir Putin should go.

Russia's satellite navigation system isn't fully operational yet, but it seems to work on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's dog.

Defense lawyer Yury Shmidt said the decision was the result of political pressure from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he might not object to swapping jobs with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, AFP reported.

Russia will get a new president (probably), but the petulantly pugnacious Vladimir Putin has no intention of bidding farewell to power.

Mr. Bush also discussed the matter in person Friday with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, when both attended a reception in Beijing.

Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, left bitter words for him from his deathbed.

Vladimir Putin has all but shut the door to big western oil firms with his recent clumsy effort to create a state-run oil giant in Russia.

It may earn Mr Medvedev either a place in history or a footnote in the story of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin.

Souza said the man with the camera is Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin posing as a tourist during his days as a Soviet spy.

Correction: The original version of this article referred to Vladimir Putin as Russia's president.

In the background lurks Boris Berezovsky, an oligarch who fell out with Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, and received asylum in Britain.

President Vladimir Putin's critics seized the moment with alacrity to portray him as a whimsical megalomaniac.

Vladimir Putin, a man of peace? The mind boggles. He is about as deserving of a peace prize as, say, Barack Obama.

S. earlier this month must have done something right to win the adoration of Russia's most famous former spy, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The key new demand is to postpone presidential elections for two months to allow a real opposition candidate to run against Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said he thanked God that no big fragments from the meteor had fallen in populated areas.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, has an inner circle dating from his time at St Petersburg city hall and his career in the old KGB.

This is the conviction that, for more than a decade, fuelled the popularity of Vladimir Putin, but is now beginning to pall.

Most stripped assets, but some began to create shareholder value after then-President Vladimir Putin promised them secure property rights.

In Russia Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once boss of the Yukos oil company and avowed enemy of Vladimir Putin, went on trial for a second time.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he suspects that U. S. agents provoked last month's brief war in Georgia.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took to the air in a water bombing jet to help douse fires in one region.

The newly appointed editor of Russian Vogue has courted controversy by putting Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress on her first front cover .

Another panic could destroy Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's reputation as a safe pair of hands.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin welcomed what he called a common-sense deal, but criticized the U. S. for its dependence on borrowing.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday gave his strongest indication yet that he may run again for the presidency at the next election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the weekend's parliamentary elections were a demonstration of confidence in his rule.

Perhaps he might even sack Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, who many expect to return to the presidency next year.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, vowed to drag the bombers "from the bottom of the sewers" .

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, was accused of copying parts of his PhD thesis.

IT HAS long been obvious that Vladimir Putin is determined to stay in control when his second term as president of Russia expires next year.

Next to him, just up the stairs, is a portrait of another KGB protege who went on to bigger things, Vladimir Putin.

It was only on the day the treaty was signed that the attendance of Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the Games was confirmed.

In fact, Indians were the only people sampled who rated Mr Bush more highly than they did Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister and still the real power of the land, suggested that he wants more concessions.

Vladimir Putin yesterday faced an angry European backlash over his decision to halt oil supplies through the pipelines crossing Belarus.

In the case of Beslan, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, immediately blamed the atrocity on outside forces bent on weakening his country.

Subsequently, Komarov said something to the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin This point was the car.

Midway through our two-hour session, the conversation turned to his forthcoming meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

Vladimir Putin in an interview at his fourth consecutive term for World War II, U. S. President Roosevelt expressed his appreciation.

Were Vladimir Putin ever to read this book, he would surely desist.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says, "Everything happening now in the economic and financial sphere began in the United States. "

MOSCOW (Reuters) - For four years, Vladimir Putin tried to keep Russians guessing about whether he would return to the presidency in 2012.

Mother Russia: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with his mother, Maria Ivanovna, in July 1958.

His appointment looks like an extention of Vladimir Putin's power.

President Bush is in St. Petersburg, Russia, for talks with President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the Group of Eight economic summit.

And, of course, Russia itself is run by a former K. G. B. colonel, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

For a man who spent his formative years in the murky world of espionage, Vladimir Putin has proved quite a political showman.

As for Russia, without the revenue from its energy resources, Vladimir Putin's brand of crony capitalism would have collapsed long ago.

The European Union should "open its wallet" to help Ukraine pay its gas bills to Russia, Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Vladimir Putin, then head of external relations for the St. Petersburg mayor, was a member of the group.

Its pluralism was a profound challenge to the authoritarian crony capitalism taking root in Russia under Vladimir Putin.

The new year brought the loss of one of my old partners, as Boris Yeltsin resigned and was succeeded by Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin inside Mir mini-submarine during his dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal.

It would start to reverse the increase in the state's share of the economy that occurred under Vladimir Putin's presidency.

Skolkovo in Moscow is Russia's leading business school and has the backing of Vladimir Putin and a handful of the country's oligarchs.

A step-by-step guide to building a body like President Vladimir Putin's was available to readers of a Russian newspaper on Wednesday.

Facebook looks a little like the Russia of Vladimir Putin.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin signed energy agreements in Ankara Thursday.

It also coincided, perhaps fortuitously for Mr Lukashenka, with an uncomfortable few weeks for Russia's Vladimir Putin.

A large chunk of it may come from Vladimir Putin's deeply unreliable and corrupt Russia.

Medvedev is expected to win next Sunday's presidential election in Russia, and follow Vladimir Putin as the leader of the country.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will launch his own website next year, Russian media reported.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the global economic crisis tests the stability of all countries, including his own.

He stayed there until Vladimir Putin replaced him, and sent him more or less into exile to be the ambassador to Ukraine.

This weekend, barring a miracle, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, will win the Russian presidency by a landslide.

Now Vladimir Putin says foreign partners might be welcome after all.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to reclaim the presidency of Russia comes in a bad year for autocrats.

Our efforts by the Russian leadership were widely recognized, including President Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

President Bush wraps up his trip in the Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They will discuss the U.

Khodorkovsky was aggravating, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may be included in the EU sanctions "blacklist" .

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the referendum would lead to increased tension across the Taiwan Strait.

Prepare, conclude many Western commentators, for a new cold war against Vladimir Putin's resurgent Russia.

Russia is a "virtual mafia state" run by the security forces, where President Dmitry Medvedev plays "Robin" to Vladimir Putin's "Batman" .

NATO leaders will get a chance to discuss the issue with outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will be at the Bucharest summit.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ban on grain exports took effect Sunday, and it is expected to continue through the end of the year.

The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is being hailed in his homeland for saving a television crew from a marauding tiger.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers an annual report to State Duma lawmakers. It is unlikely to be downbeat.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to head the ruling United Russia Party, whose members voted unanimously in his favor.

Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, on Tuesday opened the tap to Nord Stream at a compressor station near Vyborg, north-west Russia.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has banned grain exports until the end of the year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin jokingly compared his learning of German to a circus bear learning to ride a bike.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said his country will not lift the ban until the EU provides details about the source of the infections.

Under Vladimir Putin, the archives stayed sealed, judicial rehabilitation of the victims stalled and the excuses and deceits crept back.

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, recently treated Hillary Clinton to a show of indifference.

He was wrong to trust Vladimir Putin on the strength of looking into his eyes.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the September 6.

An appealing idea, but Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin are unlikely to give up their seats at the top table.

And the other period when there was substantial progress was the years 2000 to 2003 - President [Vladimir] Putin's first term.

First, President Obama will consult individually with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Like a bridegroom in church, Vladimir Putin arrived for the ceremony first.

The two countries' prime ministers, Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko, signed a formal agreement in Moscow on gas prices and direct sales.

Russia's Vladimir Putin took the oath of office Monday to become president for a historic third term.

The automaker opened the Russian plant last month in St. Petersburg at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, said both sides were to blame.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin keeps demanding a replacement for the dollar as the world's leading reserve currency.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's latest photos show his slightly more environmentally caring side, the Daily Mail of London reported.

Vladimir Putin, now premier again after eight years as president, has many positives in his economic record.

I recoil from the prospect of breakfast with presidents Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy, or feigning patience with cabinet colleagues.

AP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, 27, said that Sweden would be citizens of the Russian travel visa-free policy.

Meet the New Boss New President Dmitry Medvedev extends a hand to a World War II veteran as Vladimir Putin looks on.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is again at risk of defaulting on its payments for Russian gas.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that Russia would consider lifting the ban only 'after next year's harvest is gathered. '

Condoleezza Rice met behind closed doors with President Vladimir Putin, and Russia's Foreign and Defense Ministers to discuss North Korea.

Vladimir Putin has had Russian history textbooks rewritten to take a more positive view of Stalinism.

They fear that the president will follow the example of Vladimir Putin and stay on as prime minister when his term expires in 2013.

Last week President Vladimir Putin of Russia, a close ally of Serbia, condemned the breakaway as "illegal, ill-conceived and immoral" .

The paper had a large portrait of Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, on its front page.

Unfortunately, the return of Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin does not qualify as good news.

President Vladimir Putin's recent threat to retarget Russian missiles at some of America's European allies is just the latest flash point.

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to become the leader of the ruling United Russia party.

He spoke shortly after outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Alarmist rhetoric from President Vladimir Putin; skinhead violence on Russian streets. Is there a connection?

Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, and Mr Sechin are angry that they were not fully informed about the agreement with TNK-BP.

a figure Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, at a ceremony to launch the deal, described as "scary to utter" .

Each new LNG terminal decreases Vladimir Putin's ability to blackmail his neighbours and much of western Europe.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that the "terrorists will be destroyed" .

President Vladimir Putin hoped the Bush administration would abandon NATO expansion and seek a true alliance with Russia.

but by joining the coalition , many experts agree that vladimir putin is hoping to reap substantial diplomatic dividends.

On the cover of TIME magazine is its person of the year, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India on a trip aimed at strengthening military and trade ties.

Vladimir Putin has been making all the right moves towards becoming the new Tsar of the new Russian Empire.

Mr. Medvedev, who succeeded Vladimir Putin as president in 2008, was candid in his remarks on a range of subjects.

Vladimir Putin's idea of the 21st century appears different from that described by President Bush in calling for Russia to withdraw.

In Russia , President Vladimir Putin's supporters and allies gain a majority parliamentary elections .

Russia's new satellite navigation system gets a test, strapped at Koni, the black Lab belonging to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

'An opportunity for a frank conversation with Vladimir Putin' that's how Tony Blair describes the G8 Summit.

They may be worried about Vladimir Putin, but they are more worried about cutting their losses.

Before leaving for Washington Mr. Bush met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bratislava, Slovakia.

As violence erupted in Bishkek on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin denied Moscow had played any part.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, wearing headphones, sits in the cockpit of a firefighting plane in Ryazan region August 10, 2010.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's present prime minister and then its president, took this in his stride.

Tolerance for Boris Yeltsin's faults opened the way for the rigged elections and crony capitalism of Vladimir Putin's ex-KGB regime.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved a halt to all deliveries of Russian natural gas to Ukraine.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, showing off his judo know-how, in Saint Petersburg.

The latter has been pushed out of next year's presidential race by Vladimir Putin.

Mohammad Moeeni has published [Fa] a cartoon that compares Vladimir Putin to the authoritarian former Soviet Union leader, Joseph Stalin.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, once promised to hang Mr Saakashvili "by the balls" .

Vladimir Putin's Russia has invaded a neighbour, annexed territory and put in place a partial military occupation.

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, visited Japan and signed an agreement on nuclear energy co-operation.

Consider Russia since the Kremlin elite expanded its influence over the oil sector under Vladimir Putin (who is now prime minister).

That ban, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, has said, makes the extradition request "foolish" .

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he respects Ukraine's borders, but Kiev is also needlessly provoking tension in Crimea.

Russia saw the charges as an indirect attack on Vladimir Putin, its prime minister, who had signed the agreement with Ms Tymoshenko.

They cannot have been happy with Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stated that "retribution is inevitable. "

"Sometimes cocky, sometimes charming, always tough, " says Bush of Vladimir Putin.

In the 2004 election Mr Yanukovich had the backing of Russia's then president, Vladimir Putin, who rushed to congratulate him.

Vladimir Putin's vow to rub out Chechen rebels "in the shithouse" helped to propel him into the presidency.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a master ofpsychological diplomacy, has repeatedly attemptedto take advantage of Merkel's fear.

Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, took charge of the investigation.

This weekend investors learned what they already knew: Vladimir Putin will return to the Kremlin next year.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, also reacted angrily to the news.

While Vladimir Putin's Russia apparently revels in picking new fights, China is making friends rapidly.

Vladimir Putin talked about that rather openly at the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania in April.

But that is how all Russian leaders start - and Vladimir Putin was no exception.

Russian electorate consisting of one person has decided that Vladimir Putin will return as president next year.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday painted a bleak picture of the economy.

She is said by local media to have even charmed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited Kiev in March.

It could also bring him into conflict with Vladimir Putin, prime minister and former president, they say.

It was running an election campaign for President Vladimir Putin.

August 5th the president, Vladimir Putin, announced a temporary ban on the export of grain crops.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, formally declared his intention to re-enter the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans.

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, winner of the second annual Confucian peace prize.

Briefly, Mr Berezovsky fled to the UK after incurring the wrath of the then new president, Vladimir Putin, in 2000.

President Vladimir Putin, welcoming this guide, compared Stalin's Great Terror of 1937 with the allied bombing of Hiroshima.

Russia, under Vladimir Putin, shares most of the blame for this low point.

And Vladimir Putin paid a visit to a Russian wildlife preserve.

President Bush has accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel to Russia for talks April 6 on missile defense.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said recently that he supports Iran's pursuit of nuclear energy.

Under Russia's president Vladimir Putin, the clock started running backwards.

Mikhail Kasyanov served more than three years as prime minister before his dismissal in 2004 by President Vladimir Putin.

VLADIMIR PUTIN has a wry sense of humour.

Candidate Medvedev promised to name Vladimir Putin prime minister.

Lord Browne, BP's chief executive, visited Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, last week.

DOES Vladimir Putin's idea of sharing an early-warning radar with America make any sense?

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has had harsh words about U. S. military action against Libya.

Vladimir Putin said Russia might import wheat to keep the domestic price of the grain low.

But outgoing Russian president Vladimir Putin says it will be in the interests of both countries for their new leaders to cooperate.

The most prominent faces were those of Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev.

It also explains why Vladimir Putin has become a sex god and poses topless with his fishing rod.

Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, attended the deal's signing on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin gives a first impression of contained power: he is compact and moves stiffly but efficiently.

The candidate of Vladimir Putin's ruling party easily won election as mayor of Sochi, in Russia.

Yesterday we met Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been informed of the incident, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax.

As Simon Clarke puts it, Russia's labour movement "is completely under the thumb of [prime minister] Vladimir Putin. "

Cold War ruins by former President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

He and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew to the crash site and laid flowers.

The core meeting of the World Bank leader's visit to Russia was with President Vladimir Putin.

AT DAVOS Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, was oozing confidence.

A poster hanging nearby showed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the words "Say yes to peace and stability. "

So what more does Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have left to accomplish?

Other leaders named were Russia's Vladimir Putin, North Korea's Kim Jong-il and Burma's Than Shwe.

Mr Medvedev was endorsed by Vladimir Putin, the outgoing president.

Finally, as presidential elections approach in March 2012, attention turns to Vladimir Putin.

The hijacker, a 30-year-old man, demanded to meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday he will meet Vladimir Putin, the prime minister and Russia's real boss, and drop in on a civil-society forum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving in Kennebunkport, Maine today. President Bush is hosting Putin at his family's compound there.

Undoubtedly, President Vladimir Putin wrote a new chapter in Russia.

In fact, a source familiar with the negotiations said that Vladimir Putin himself was involved in the final sign-off.

At number two, Forbes places Vladimir Putin, which strikes me as plain wrong.

Vladimir Putin put his pals in charge to bring order out of chaos.

They also form the support base for Vladimir Putin, now Russia's prime minister.

No new genuine opposition party has been allowed in Russia since now Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was elected president in 2000.

Under Vladimir Putin, the Soviet version of history has become part of Russia's own story.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin enjoys a horseback ride during a vacation in Tyva, Russia, on Aug.

Under Vladimir Putin history has repeated itself as farce.

China and Russia signed trade agreements worth $3. 5 billion during a visit to Beijing by Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister.

These "black widows" , who featured in Vladimir Putin's 1999-2005 Chechen war, generally acted from motives of personal revenge.

Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has accepted a proposal to stand for president in March 2012.

See pictures of Medvedev and Vladimir Putin on vacation.

As prime minister for the past four years, Vladimir Putin never really went away.

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, announced a ban on wheat exports from August 15th.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs autographs for kids outside Khabarovsk, on August 27, 2010 during a visit in the region.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plays piano during a charity concert in Saint Petersburg, on December 10, 2010.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last week ordered the government to fill a high crude oil export duty to avoid vulnerability.

Vladimir Putin's 'mistress' on cover of Russian Vogue.

Over the past few weeks Vladimir Putin has been busy in many heroic roles.

Commenting on Vladimir Putin's Goal of "Doubling the GDP"

Why else did Vladimir Putin's boys make their dash to claim the pole?

"This issue has to be negotiated. That is what the president told Vladimir Putin, " he added.

We accept Gunvor's assurances that neither Vladimir Putin nor other senior Russian political figures have any ownership interest in Gunvor.

Vladimir Putin and his spokesmen speak of "democracy, " but they define the term much as the Chinese do.

WHAT did Iran's leaders see when they looked into Vladimir Putin's eyes?

Vladimir Putin swims in a lake in southern Siberia's Tuva region, on August 3, 2009.

VLADIMIR PUTIN knows he is a master of political theatre.

Vladimir Putin walks through brush in southern Siberia's Tuva region, rifle in hand, on August 15, 2007.

Russian President Vladimir Putin skis at a skiing center, outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 23, 2008.

Does Vladimir Putin work out?

He lost badly and so did Vladimir Putin, then Russia's president and now prime minister, who had rushed to congratulate him.

Before meeting Vladimir Putin, it's best to get acquainted with his horse.

Some leaders, such as Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, have dodged the issue.

That is how long President Vladimir Putin kept Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates waiting during their previous visit to Moscow last October.

Their conversation , by the way, taking place most of the time in English, because Vladimir Putin has been boning up on his English.

But everybody in Russia knows that Vladimir Putin, who is now prime minister, will be elected president on March 4th.

13-15 March Vladimir Putin will make working visits to Italy and Greece.

Now, Medvedev is indicating how he will share power with outgoing President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to become prime minister.

The magazine last year selected Russian leader Vladimir Putin as its 2007 "Person of the Year. "

Vladimir Putin, who is on a working visit to the region, arrived at the reserve on a helicopter.

Over the past ten years, under Vladimir Putin's leadership, Russia has become more nationalistic, corrupt and corporatist.

Blair wrote a letter to Vladimir Putin in September of 1999, expressing his dismay.

Only Slavonic President Vladimir Putin and Hong Kong's main administrative Donald Tsang chose green.

An avid Twitter user, Medvedev is seen as more liberal and Western-leaning than Vladimir Putin, said the report. (See photo)

Germany is increasingly prepared to be tough with Vladimir Putin

Address to the World media summit by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin