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NEWS ABOUT: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin stories: 214 news summaries

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Missile Defense Founders on Bush Missteps

Poles and Czechs underappreciated, Congress stiffens

Jul 2, 07 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is looking for support for his missile shield in all the wrong places, the LA Times reports. While he dallies with president Putin, an increasingly underwhelmed Congress is readying to pull the plug. Meanwhile, Poland and the Czech Republic—the designated missile-defense bases—are increasingly skeptical of American... More »

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Eastern Europe • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • missile defense system • George W. Bush

Bush, Putin Get Off to Chummy Start

Russian leader's brief visit to Maine
starts with lobster, protests

Jul 2, 07 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US-Russia mini-summit kicked off with flowers and kisses, but the subtext was less collegial. Vladimir Putin presented bouquets to the current and ex-First Ladies, then joined the Bush family for a lobster and swordfish dinner last night in an atmosphere that exceeded his expectations. "We could not have... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kennebunkport • George HW Bush • George W. Bush

Putin Puts in at Kennebunkport

Russian president insists visit is social, though tensions remain high

Jul 1, 07 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian president Vladimir Putin touched down in New Hampshire this afternoon for what the US and Russia are both calling a social visit to President Bush's summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. But the BBC reports both sides hope to use the meeting as an opportunity to warm their countries' recently... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kosovo • Kennybunkport • missile defense system • Cold War

US Shuts Out Troublemaking Syrians

Travel ban represents vote of confidence in Lebanese government

Jun 29, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush moved to boost the Lebanese government today, barring officials who have acted to undermine the precarious regime from entering the US. The ban applies to some high-level Syrian officials and five former Lebanese cabinet ministers, Reuters reports. An NSC spokesman said the goal is "to demonstrate to... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Vladimir Putin • assassination • travel ban • George W. Bush

Sarko Looks Blotto at G8

After lunch with Putin, French boss sways and slurs at press conference   

Jun 13, 07 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin may have tested out some liquid diplomacy at the G8 summit. After a long meeting with the Russian leader, freshly elected French president Nicolas Sarkozy showed up late to a press conference and appeared inebriated, fumbling for words, giggling, and swaying at the podium. More »

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Russia • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit

Moscow
Backs Down
on Missile Shield

Putin's tough talk yields to unexpected compromise proposal

Jun 7, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of exchanging sharp criticism with US officials, Vladimir Putin today suggested a truce over a controversial missile shield in Eastern Europe. In talks with President Bush at the G8 summit, the Russian president reversed course and said Moscow would support US plans for the shield if it is... More »

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missile shield • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit • Azerbaijan • George W. Bush

Bush Tries to Calm Russian Fury Over Missile Shield

'The Cold War is over,' says the president

Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has nothing to fear from a US missile shield in Eastern Europe, President Bush insisted in a speech in the Czech Republic today aimed at smoothing Vladimir Putin's ruffled feathers en route to the G8 summit. The Russian president threatened over the weekend to aim nuclear warheads at Europe... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • missile shield • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • George W. Bush

Putin Rattles Nuclear Sabre

Threatens to aim nukes at European cities

Jun 4, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is threatening to aim nuclear missiles at major European cities for the first time since the Cold War, the Daily Telegraph reports. Vladimir Putin's provocation, on the eve of the G-8 summit, was the latest in an increasingly strident string of anti-western pronouncements in response to US plans to... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • Vladimir Putin • nuclear • missile • missile defense system • Cold War

Lugovoi Claims Brits Killed Litvinenko

Accused Russian says poisoned expat was a British agent killed by his handlers

May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man Britain has charged with killing former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko says that British Intelligence is behind the poisoning. At a dramatic news conference yesterday, Andrei Lugovoi, also former KGB, claimed that Litvinenko was a British agent who was killed by his handlers. And he accused Boris Berezovsky, a... More »

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Russia • Boris Berezovsky • Alexander Litvinenko • Vladimir Putin • Andrei Lugovoi • poison • Britain

UK Demands Extradition in Spy Poisoning

Moscow balks as focus of Litvinenko case turns to fellow ex-KGB agent

May 22, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The poisoning death of spy-turned-dissident Alexander Litvinenko was the work of another ex-KGB operative, the British government says, and it wants the accused charged and extradited. But Moscow refuses to deliver him, the BBC reports, saying that would violate the Russian constitution. Litvinenko was a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin,... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • United Kingdom • Vladimir Putin • Andrei Lugovoi • KGB

Putin's Top Rabbi Lifts Sect to Power

Chabad-Lubavitcher gets money and
access—and falls into Kremlin's line

May 8, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rabbi from an ultra-orthodox Jewish group is ultra-powerful in Russia's shrinking oligarchy, using Putin's patronage to raise funds and revive Judaism across the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. But critics charge him with selling his soul for the cozy position, downplaying anti-Semitism and becoming an apologist for the... More »

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Russia • Jews • Vladimir Putin • Chabad Lubavitch • Judaism • Berel Lazar • charity

Putin Lashes
Out at Foreign Meddlers

Repeats opposition to missile shield, pledge to step down next year

Apr 26, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin threatened to stonewall a key defense treaty if the U.S. doesn't back down on anti-missile bases in Eastern Europe, and lashed out against "foreign meddlers" in Russian politics. In his annual speech to parliament, Putin also repeated his pledge to stand down when his term ends... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • anti missile bases • Vladimir Putin • missile • missile defense system

Gates Rebuffed By Moscow on Defense Plan

Russians not buying cooperation on anti-missile bases

Apr 23, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Gates was in Moscow today trying to soften Russian resistance to American anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, but so far the Russians aren't buying. The Defense Secretary is pushing proposals that would invite the Russians to share data, cooperate on research, and participate in joint testing... More »

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Russia • Robert Gates • anti missile bases • Moscow • Anatoly Serdyukov • Vladimir Putin • missile

Billionaire Plots New Russian Revolution

London emigre says
he's bankrolling coup, conspiring with elites

Apr 13, 07 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exiled Russian billionaire says he is bankrolling a coup to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin. Boris Berezovsky tells the Guardian: "It isn't possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure." Asked if he is fomenting a revolution, he responds:... More »

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Russia • Boris Berezovsky • Alexander Litvinenko • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • revolution • billionaire • Britain

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