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NEWS ABOUT: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin stories: 214 news summaries

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HE LOVES THE HIP-HOP

 Vladimir Putin, Rap Advocate? 

Russian prime minister just plain awkward at music awards show

Nov 16, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - While it would have been infinitely more entertaining had Vladimir Putin actually tried to freestyle, his appearance at a music awards show this weekend still made newspapers titter. Putin, who first stood around looking awkward while his “youth disguised” security mingled with the dancing crowd, handed out an award... More »

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entertainment • Vladimir Putin • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • graffiti

FBI Let Blacklisted Russian Tycoon Visit US

Organized crime suspect bypasses visa refusal

Oct 30, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian billionaire barred from the US for years because authorities suspected him of involvement in organized crime was allowed into the country twice this year under a secret deal with the FBI. Despite the objections of other government agencies, metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska was allowed to bypass the visa... More »

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Russia • FBI • organized crime • Vladimir Putin • Oleg Deripaska • Russian oligarchs

Slideshow

 Top 10 Hottest 
 Heads of State 

Sorry, Nobel Committee, Obama only ranks 15th

Oct 13, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have won a Nobel Peace Prize, and Yulia Tymoshenko has not, but there’s one thing the Ukrainian prime minister has over the president: She’s ranked No. 1 on HottestHeadsofState.com. The site offers “scientific and unbiased rankings” of world leaders’ hotness, complete with piercing... More »

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Barack Obama • Vladimir Putin • hot • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Yulia Tymoshenko • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Rafael Correa • slideshow • Alexander Lukashenko • attractive

OPINION

 This Looks 
 Like a Job for 
 the Neocons 

Time for America to start flexing its muscles instead of making deals

Sep 29, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neoconservatives are making a comeback and it's about time, writes Bret Stephens. They're back "because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, and Vladimir Putin never went away," Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal, and because the world wants America to use its strength to stop Iran and North... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • neocon • foreign policy • Kim Jong Il • neoconservatives

 Russia Silent 
 on Iran Concessions 

Critics charge that Obama may have scrapped missile shield for nothing

Sep 19, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Russia's leaders praised President Obama's decision to drop plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe yesterday, they were conspicuously silent on whether they would, in return, join the West in pressuring Iran to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reports. If Russia doesn't start taking a... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

 Putin Praises US 
 for Ditching 
 Missile Shield 

But Moscow may not support nuclear sanctions against Iran

Sep 18, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a development sure to further tick off President Obama's critics on the right, Vladimir Putin says he's quite pleased with the decision to scrap an American missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, the New York Times reports. “I very much hope that this correct and brave decision will be... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • missile shield • Poland • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • Kremlin • missile defense system • Western Europe • Obama administration

Putin Eyes Return to
Russian Presidency

Prime minister says he and Medvedev will decide who gets to run in 2012

Sep 12, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin hinted yesterday that current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is just keeping his seat warm for him until he can return to his old job in 2012, the Financial Times reports. The prime minister—barred by the constitution from seeking a third consecutive term as president last year—said... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian elections • Russian president

 Chávez in Russia for 
 Military Spending Spree 

Venezuela recognizes breakaway republics ahead of arms deal talks

Sep 10, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters,... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • arms deal • tanks • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

GQ Buries Story on 'Putin's Dark Rise to Power'

Piece on '99 bombings at odds with Condé Nast's biz in Russia

Sep 4, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - GQ is keeping a tight lid on one of its own articles that questions the Russian government’s involvement in the 1999 bombings that catapulted Vladimir Putin to power, NPR reports. GQ owner Condé Nast operates in Russia, where dissent is often met with crippling “audits.”... More »

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terrorism • Vladimir Putin • censorship • bombing • Chechnya • Conde Nast • journalistic ethics • GQ magazine • Scott Anderson • expose

Novel About Corruption May Be Kremlin Official's Work

Close to Zero portrays bribes, fraud as commonplace in contemporary Russia

Aug 13, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A novel about a publisher navigating Russia’s complex web of political favors and payoffs may have been written by a top Kremlin official, the Moscow Times reports. Sources at Russky Pioner magazine, which published excerpts of Close to Zero before its release last month, say Vladislav Surkov, a powerful... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • corruption • Kremlin • novel • Vladislav Surkov • hype • Natalya Dubovitskaya

 Worst-Dressed 
 World Leaders 

Time lampoons the decadent, inept or just plain weird fashion decisions of the powerful

Aug 12, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all world leaders are world fashion leaders. Time pokes fun at the most inept:
  1. Kim Jong-Il. He mainly wears khaki suits that call attention to his paunch and “Kanye West-sized” sunglasses.
  2. Vladimir Putin. Not a bad dresser—when he wears clothes. Unfortunately, he's often snapped shirtless
... More »

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fashion • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • Fidel Castro • Augusto Pinochet • Kim Jong Il

 Putin Trip Is 
 Tough-Guy 
 Photo Op 

Official pics show Russian PM swimming, riding bareback in Siberia

Aug 4, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin spent his vacation in southern Siberia swimming, climbing trees, and riding a horse bareback—all while shirtless. Though state news agencies portrayed the Russian prime minister’s trip as a vacation, the series of tough-guy photographs that emerged make it hard not to think he had a motive... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Siberia • Kremlin • vacation • prime minister

(Newser) - The kidnapping and murder of activist Natalya Estemirova in Chechnya was horrific, her friend writes in a Washington Post op-ed, but not surprising in the "grossly misruled" region where "anyone who challenges the authorities risks her life." Tanya Loshkina, a director of Human Rights Watch, had... More »

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Russia • human rights • Vladimir Putin • Chechnya • Natalya Estemirova

(Newser) - South Park has angered another vigilant parent—Mother Russia. A Russian channel cut a scene from a rerun this week because it depicted Vladimir Putin as greedy and desperate, a network spokesman announced today. It's unclear whether the decision came from the channel's executives or regulators, but the move prompted... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • censorship • Comedy Central • South Park

(Newser) - Barack Obama began his second day in Russia by meeting with Vladimir Putin at the president-turned-prime minister's country home outside Moscow. The two leaders both expressed a desire for improved relations, and observers said they had a cordial discussion. The president then addressed a Moscow economics university, where he told... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Gorbachev • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand.
  • Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961: The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw,
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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • John F. Kennedy • Richard Nixon • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Russian president • George W. Bush • Nikita Khrushchev • Leonid Brezhnev

Russia Agrees to Let US Use Airspace for Afghan War

Deal on supply lines forged ahead of Obama's Russian visit

Jul 4, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has agreed to let American planes transporting troops and equipment to Afghanistan fly over its airspace, the BBC reports. The deal will be officially announced next week when President Obama visits Moscow. Volatility affecting supply lines through Pakistan and Central Asia made securing such an agreement one of Obama's... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • Vladimir Putin • US military • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev • Afghanistan war • President Obama • supply route

analysis

Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

Jul 3, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist. Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control

 Wax Obama Tours Eiffel Tower 


Jun 29, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Complete with new gray hairs and two bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip to the Eiffel Tower today. The hot summer sun threatened to melt the fake president's face, prompting helpers to shade him with an umbrella. The statue then traveled to Paris' Musée... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • tourism • France • Vladimir Putin • Paris • Eiffel Tower • President Obama • wax museum

 We'll Dump Nukes If 
 Everybody Does: Putin 

German leader echoes 'global zero' aim

Jun 10, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Russian PM Vladimir Putin says his country is willing to abandon nuclear weapons if the US and all other nuclear-armed countries do the same. Putin was speaking at a meeting with Germany's foreign minister, who said earlier that the idea of scrapping nuclear arms altogether was a real prospect. The... More »

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Russia • Germany • Vladimir Putin • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

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