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Vladimir Putin names new Russian cabinet
Monday 21 May 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a new Cabinet, warning that it will have to fulfil its duties in a difficult global economic climate.
Vladimir Putin pulls out of planned visit to the United States
Thursday 10 May 2012
Russia's President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed today, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home.
Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russia's president amid protests
Monday 07 May 2012
Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia's president today with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.
Obama caught on open mic making promises to Russia
Wednesday 28 March 2012
President Barack Obama had to engage in some damage limitation yesterday after comments he made to Russia's leader were picked up by an open microphone.
Annan heads to China with plans to end Syrian conflict
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Former UN leader visits Beijing after winning Russian backing for negotiated peace deal
Georgia and Russia resume hostilities – on the big screen
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Rival productions offer very different accounts of 2008 military conflict
Medvedev vows to reopen controversial Khodorkovsky case
Tuesday 06 March 2012
Muscovites went to bed on Sunday with Vladimir Putin breathing patriotic fire into the microphone in front of tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters.
Train 109 reveals a Russia resigned to Putin's return
Sunday 04 March 2012
Passengers voice their dissatisfaction before today's presidential elections
Forgotten man – Medvedev fades from public view
Saturday 03 March 2012
Amid all the commotion surrounding Vladimir Putin's likely return to the Kremlin, one man has been surprisingly quiet.
The Russian satirical poet, his billionaire backer and a tour that Putin won't find funny
Monday 13 February 2012
Mobile phone tycoon Yevgeny Chichvarkin is paying for performers to fly to the UK to perform work aimed at Kremlin
'Wikiplay' tells Assange's story up to the most recent chapter
Thursday 12 January 2012
The WikiLeaks founder's life is explored in a play that asks questions about the blurred boundaries between fiction and reality.
Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear submarine
Saturday 31 December 2011
Firefighters extinguished a major fire on a docked nuclear submarine yesterday as some crew members remained inside. No radiation leak was reported and the submarine's nuclear-tipped missiles were not on board.
Russia nuclear submarine fire put out
Friday 30 December 2011
Firefighters have extinguished a massive fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine as some crew members remain inside, officials say.
Putin rules out election re-run
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has rejected demands from growing numbers of protesters for a re-run of the fraud-tainted parliamentary election.
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