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13 Jan 2014, 8:02 am by Garret Murai
Hosting the Olympics has been a personal dream of President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 10:34 am by Raffaela Wakeman
President Vladimir Putin condemned the bombings, visited the  attack sites, and promised increased security at the upcoming Winter Olympics. [read post]
30 Dec 2013, 10:42 am by Jane Chong
 International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach expressed confidence today that the Winter Games will be “safe and secure“; Russian President Vladimir Putin is beefing up security across the country in response to the attacks, according to the Associated Press. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm by John Dean
In his year-end press conference, Putin claimed that he had not met Snowden, whom he called “interesting,” and Putin denied that Snowden had provided any information to Russia. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 7:16 am by Kimberly Bennett
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] signed a decree on Friday pardoning former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive], and releasing him from prison. [read post]
19 Dec 2013, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
In August 2012, the band members were arrested after they entered a nearly empty Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow and performed an obscene "punk prayer" in protest of the Russian Orthodox Church's political support for Vladimir Putin. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 10:26 am by Tom Smith
Vladimir Putin, a practical man defending Russia, understands what works and what does not. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 12:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
In an effort to reclaim and repatriate Russia’s cultural legacy, President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to consider buying the archive and Swiss estate of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff at a price of about $20 million. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 5:30 am by Tom Smith
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's military to increase its focus on the Arctic and finish plans by the end of the year to upgrade military bases in the resource-rich region where world powers jostle for control.Speaking to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin praised the military's work in the Arctic, where Canada said on Monday it was claiming the North Pole as part of an broader claim on the region.The United States, Denmark and Norway are also pressing for… [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 12:47 pm by Theresa Donovan
Yanukovich's earlier decision to abandon the trade pact was reportedly influenced by Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website, in Russian; JURIST news archive], who threatened trade sanctions against Ukraine, should the Ukraine back the EU's trade... [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 8:05 am by Ilya Somin
” Others have called for a boycott to protest Russia’s recent crackdown on gays and lesbians, which is just the tip of the iceberg of the Russian government’s repressive ways under the rule of Ex-KGB Colonel Vladimir Putin. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 9:59 am by Tom Smith
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia's media on Monday by dissolving the main state news agency and replacing it with an organization that is to promote Moscow's image abroad. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 9:05 am
Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Chinese president in Moscow recently, and the discussion centered around the two countries’ oil and gas policies. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:19 pm by Reproductive Rights
NBCNews.com/Reuters: Putin signs law banning advertisements for abortion in Russia, by Ian Bateson: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning advertisements for abortion, the Kremlin said on Monday, a step activists said would infringe on the reproductive rights... [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 10:05 am by Gene Quinn
Gurry has already been under pressure from Member States because he has been unable to pass a budget for WIPO, which many attribute to being uncomfortable with the cozy relationship seen between Gurry and Russian President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 10:05 am by Gene Quinn
Gurry has already been under pressure from Member States because he has been unable to pass a budget for WIPO, which many attribute to being uncomfortable with the cozy relationship seen between Gurry and Russian President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 5:20 am by Immigration Prof
Kathrin Hille reporting for the Financial Times traces the growing anger about how immigration from former Soviet states poses a dilemma for Vladimir Putin. [read post]