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From Reformer To Hardliner: Vladimir Putin's 20 Years On The Global Stage
Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience of politics.
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Russia's Rich Forego Some Luxuries but Still Back Vladimir Putin
Russian model Alisa Krylova cancelled her order for the latest Mercedes, spent New Year in Moscow rather than skiing in the Alps and now employs Russian staff rather than foreigners.
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'Where is Vladimir Putin?' Russians Ask, as Leader Drops Off Radar for a Week
Where is President Vladimir Putin? The Kremlin was forced today to insist the Russian leader was in good health as rumours swirled online over his week-long absence from the public eye.
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MH17 Has Strong Echoes of 1983 Korean Tragedy
The downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine has stirred memories of a 1983 incident when a Korean passenger jet was shot down by Soviet fighters in what then US president Ronald Reagan called a mid-air "massacre".
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Russia gets two Putin New Year speeches after 'glitch'
Russians on Tuesday heard two different versions of President Vladimir Putin's New Year's address after a "technical glitch" meant some inhabitants of the Far East watched a pre-recorded broadcast that made no mention of the Volgograd suicide attacks.
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In wishing George Bush well, Vladimir Putin has message for Barack Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram today to his old sparring partner, former US President George W Bush, wishing him a quick recovery from heart surgery.
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Documents detail Nixon, Clinton ties
In the final months of his life, Richard Nixon quietly advised President Bill Clinton on navigating the post-Cold War world, even offering to serve as a conduit for messages to Russian President Boris Yeltsin and other government officials, newly declassified documents show.
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From Reformer To Hardliner: Vladimir Putin's 20 Years On The Global Stage
Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience of politics.
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Russia's Rich Forego Some Luxuries but Still Back Vladimir Putin
Russian model Alisa Krylova cancelled her order for the latest Mercedes, spent New Year in Moscow rather than skiing in the Alps and now employs Russian staff rather than foreigners.
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'Where is Vladimir Putin?' Russians Ask, as Leader Drops Off Radar for a Week
Where is President Vladimir Putin? The Kremlin was forced today to insist the Russian leader was in good health as rumours swirled online over his week-long absence from the public eye.
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MH17 Has Strong Echoes of 1983 Korean Tragedy
The downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine has stirred memories of a 1983 incident when a Korean passenger jet was shot down by Soviet fighters in what then US president Ronald Reagan called a mid-air "massacre".
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Russia gets two Putin New Year speeches after 'glitch'
Russians on Tuesday heard two different versions of President Vladimir Putin's New Year's address after a "technical glitch" meant some inhabitants of the Far East watched a pre-recorded broadcast that made no mention of the Volgograd suicide attacks.
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In wishing George Bush well, Vladimir Putin has message for Barack Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram today to his old sparring partner, former US President George W Bush, wishing him a quick recovery from heart surgery.
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Documents detail Nixon, Clinton ties
In the final months of his life, Richard Nixon quietly advised President Bill Clinton on navigating the post-Cold War world, even offering to serve as a conduit for messages to Russian President Boris Yeltsin and other government officials, newly declassified documents show.
