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Uralvagonzavod and the military are testing the main components of the new tank. No other details were reported. Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth six billion rubles with Uralvagonzavod to upgrade 170 T-72 main battle tanks,...
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested this January raising taxes for people who own luxury apartments, a lot of valuable land, planes, yachts and luxury cars from 2013. "We are likely to collect a tax on luxury cars through transport tax. We could...
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A man walks past a campaign poster for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, February 16, 2012. Russians will go to the polls for the presidential election on March 4. The poster reads "For a great country - a... View Photo »
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In the modern world, stability is an asset which can only be earned by hard work, by showing openness to change and readiness for thought-out, calculated reforms
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The presidential 'filter' would give the Russian president the power to pick and choose what politicians can take part in regional gubernatorial elections. The idea was first discussed by Vladimir Putin during a televised chat with the nation, when he...
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s support amid probably voters reached 55 percent, suggesting he’ll win the March 4 presidential election in the first round, according to a survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion. “It climbed from...
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks in Paramonovo bobsleigh and tobogganing center outside Dmitrov in the Moscow Region, on February 16, 2012, during a meeting on the development of the sports training centres for national teams. After serving... View Photo »
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Vladimir Putin has chosen direct address and direct appeal. I think he will be heard by people.
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Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsa and Kolomna, during a meeting with Russia's religious leaders in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012. Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has made no secret of who he would like to win the March 4...
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Russian billionaire is among those rivalling Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections. Mikhail Prokhorov is Russia's third richest man and he believes he has the answers to the country's problems. On the campaign trail he told Sky News he...
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин?·i Russian pronunciation: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn]; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the... Full Article
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