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Vladimir Putin stories: 214 news summaries

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(Newser) - The very strategies that made Gazprom an international force are now causing the energy giant—and consequently, Moscow—unaccustomed financial stress, the New York Times reports. Vladimir Putin built Gazprom into a goliath by aggressively dominating natural gas supplies, but to do it, he entered into long-term contracts to... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Gazprom • gas prices • natural gas

West 'Wasted 20 Years' After Berlin Wall Fell: Gorbachev

Former Soviet states should unite, he suggests

May 13, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Europe has squandered two decades of potential cooperation since the Berlin Wall fell, Mikhail Gorbachev says. At a Moscow event sponsored by his foundation, the former Soviet leader criticized Western leaders who viewed the 1989 event as their victory over Eastern Europe, rather than an opportunity for common good, Reuters... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • Mikhail Gorbachev • Berlin Wall • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev

 Putin Hints at 2012 Comeback 

Russian PM says he may succeed
Medvedev in 2012

May 11, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin dropped his strongest hint yet last night that he may seek to return to his country's top job in 2012. In an interview with Japanese media, Russia's president-turned-PM said there was no decision yet on whether he or Dmitry Medvedev would run for president at the end of... More »

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

(Newser) - It's time for Canada to end the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of baby seals, argues Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. While the US and even bear-hunting Vladimir Putin have banned the practice, Canadians keep up the "gruesome drill" of massacring baby seals for their pelts. While... More »

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Canada • Vladimir Putin • animal cruelty • PETA • Kathleen Parker • sealing

(Newser) - It’s 1988. President Ronald Reagan is making a visit to the Soviet Union, where he tours Moscow’s Red Square alongside Mikhail Gorbachev. He stops and takes questions from a group of tourists about human rights in the United States. Except they’re not tourists, Radio Free Europe reports.... More »

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Moscow • Vladimir Putin • KGB • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • photograph • President • 1988 • Red Square

Euro Song Contest Bars Georgia's Putin Putdown

Tune spoofing Russian PM was set for silly int'l tournament

Mar 10, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A veiled Georgian attack on Vladimir Putin has been barred from this year’s Eurovision, a flashy annual international music contest, RussiaToday reports. The disco tune contains the lyrics, “We don’t wanna put in/The negative mood/It’s killing the groove,” with the words “put in” sounding... More »

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Russia • music • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • contest • lyrics • Eurovision

Russia's Money Troubles Divide Putin, Medvedev

Men tied to opposing economic factions

Mar 3, 09 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The financial crisis in Russia is driving a wedge between Vladimir Putin and his protegé, the president he handed off his office to, the Guardian reports. Dmitry Medvedev has sided with liberal economists in the crisis, while Putin is torn between his personal ties to the economists and his long... More »

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Russia • security • Vladimir Putin • economist • Dmitry Medvedev • economy

ANALYSIS

 Bye, Bye, Petro-Czars 

The power of petro-czars has slumped as oil prices have fallen

Feb 15, 09 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - There is one silver lining to the global recession: The economic and political fortunes of America’s oil-rich antagonists have been tarnished, Rana Foroohar writes in Newsweek. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez have all been humbled by the falling price of... More »

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Iran • Russia • oil • Venezuela • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • Hugo Chávez • petrodollar

 Putin Denies 
 Digging ABBA 
 Cover Show 

But spokesman
admits that ex-KGB agent is a fan

Feb 7, 09 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is no dancing queen, the Kremlin insists, denying reports that Russia’s prime minister attended a hush-hush ABBA cover concert, AFP reports. “Officially and for sure Vladimir Putin never took part in any concert of the kind,” Putin’s spokesman said. “He wasn’t there.... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev

 Mamma Mia! 
 Putin's a Dancing Queen 

Putin's secret Abba tribute band concert

Feb 6, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia's Vladimir Putin may appear to have ice flowing through his veins, but beneath that arctic exterior is the pulsating heart of an ABBA fan. The Russian PM paid $30,000 to have Abba tribute group Bjorn Again secretly flown to Moscow for a private concert for himself and a... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev • Bjorn Again • Lake Valdai

Obama Seeks Deal With
Russia to Slash Nuclear Arms

Talks could reduce stockpiles by 80%

Feb 3, 09 8:11 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama plans to restart aggressive talks with Russia aimed at reducing both nations' nuclear arsenals by 80% to 1,000 warheads each, the Times of London reports. Obama will set up a special White House office to oversee the talks, aimed at forging a treaty to replace the 1991... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • arms control • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

(Newser) - Saddam Hussein didn't have weapons of mass destruction, but America made such a strong case that even the Iraqi leader himself had doubts, the Washington Post reports. Saddam, apparently in awe of US intelligence, asked his top commanders if the nation had stashes even he didn't know about. So says... More »

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Saddam Hussein • Russia • CIA • Vladimir Putin • Colin Powell • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • invasion • Charles Duelfer

 Bill and Vlad Pal Around Davos 

Sec. of State's hubby wastes no time slipping into global role

Jan 30, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - With the ink barely dry on Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as secretary of state, her husband is already glad-handing on the world stage, holding meetings with foreign leaders at Davos that culminated with a 90-minute sit-down with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. At a private party, Putin toasted Clinton as... More »

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Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Bill Clinton • international relations • World Economic Forum • Davos

 Snarling Putin 
 Smacks Down 
 Dell's Net Offer 

Russia's Putin tells off Michael Dell

Jan 29, 09 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian leader Vladimir Putin fired a withering public broadside at computer tycoon Michael Dell at the World Economic Forum. When Dell offered to help expand the Internet in Russia, Putin snapped: "We don't need help. We are not invalids. We don't have limited mental capacity." More »

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Internet • Vladimir Putin • Michael Dell • World Economic Forum • Davos

(Newser) - The leaders of Russia and China laid the blame for the world's financial troubles squarely at the feet of the US today, the Wall Street Journal reports. In speeches at the world economic forum in Davos, both focused on the role of the dollar, with Putin calling the world's over-reliance... More »

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China • Russia • Vladimir Putin • world economy • Michael Dell • Wen Jiabao • Davos

Russia Scraps Plan for Nukes Near Europe

Moscow doesn't need missiles if US ditches own program in region

Jan 28, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia will abandon its plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles near Poland, the country's defense ministry said today. The Kremlin pulled back on the plan after President Obama announced a review of the Pentagon's controversial missile defense shield program in the region. The move offers an olive branch to Washington, says... More »

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Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • arms race • Dmitry Medvedev • Davos • nuclear missiles • Obama administration

In Case Pen Is No Mightier, Russian Journos Want Guns

Novaya Gazeta's work has earned it a grim legacy of dead reporters

Jan 26, 09 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasia Baburova last week are only the latest to strike the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, and show just how costly freedom of the press still is in Russia, Der Spiegel reports. Investigative reporters are likely to make so many enemies—from members... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • murder • corruption • journalism • reporter • Anna Politkovskaya • freedom of press • Anastasia Baburova • Stanislav Markelov

Bush Makes Last Calls to World Leaders

Round of goodbyes includes Putin, Brown, Saakashvili, Berlusconi

Jan 19, 09 10:34 AM CST
(AP) - With just hours left in his presidency, President George W. Bush today made a round of phone calls to leaders around the globe. A National Security Council spokesman said the president was simply saying his goodbyes, thanking the leaders for the hospitality they had shown him and first lady Laura... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Gordon Brown • Taro Aso • Mikheil Saakashvili • Silvio Berlusconi • George W. Bush • Vicente Fox

Tough-as-Nails Pooty-Poot Is Also an Artiste

Russian PM's painting fetches $1.15M
 at charity auction

Jan 19, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has a murky past with the KGB, a black belt in judo, and the public image of a tough guy, so when the Russian PM tried his hand at fine art, patrons sat up. Putin painted a scene of snowfall seen through a window for a charity auction... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • art • St. Petersburg • art auction

Russia, Ukraine Reach Natural Gas Agreement

Russian gas to resume gas exports today

Jan 18, 09 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian gas will resume flowing into Ukraine’s domestic market today after the two countries settled their frosty dispute, the New York Times reports. As is customary for Western Europe, Kiev will now pay Moscow rates tied to the price of oil, but will receive a 20% discount, unlike Gazprom’... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Ukraine • Yulia Tymoshenko • natural gas • gas pipelines

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