... 03 December 2008Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said state-owned defense firm Oboronprom would buy shares in Saturn at market prices in a move that would effectively cede control over the jet-engine maker to the state, Interfax reported. "In addition, the...
...and others were lined up in rows, shot in the back of the head and dumped into ditches by Soviet forces, then-President Vladimir Putin in 2005 established a new holiday on Nov. 4 commemorating Moscow's victory over Polish invaders in the early 1600s. In April...
...official delegation visit in February as part of India's 2008 "Year of Russia" festivities, as agreed upon by then-President Vladimir Putin and Singh more than a year ago. In return, 2009 will be the "Year of India" in Russia. Prime Minister Putin visited...
...expansion would only be "reinforcing their imperial nostalgia." It's an emotionally appealing argument, but given that Vladimir Putin has nukes, that we'd be outraged by a similar encroachment on our border, and that there are less provocative ways to bind...
...to combat rampant official corruption. But there have been few signs of progress since he took over the presidency from Vladimir Putin in May, and his remarks were longer on acknowledgment of serious problems than on potential solutions. Medvedev lamented...
...to demonstrate that its post-Orange Revolution democracy is a failure to reduce the risk of similar upheaval in Russia. Vladimir Putin, Russiaâs prime minister, has often mocked the confusion of Kiev politics. Oleh Rybachuk, head of the Euro-Atlantic University...
...Viewers have been asked to send questions in advance by internet or phone. The official website for the Conversation with Vladimir Putin gives a list of what already have been the most-asked questions, showing that this year's event is likely to be dominated...
...currently pays $179.5 per 1,000 cubic meters for gas imported from Russia or via Russian territory. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko agreed at the start of October on a memorandum for direct gas supplies...
...link to the worn-out Druzhba pipeline, after a long debate. The government's press office said Monday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had signed on November 26 an instruction to design and build a pipeline stretch from the town of Unecha in the Bryansk...
...minister and one of the original presidential envoys to the seven federal districts, was 61. In 2000, then-President Vladimir Putin created the seven districts in order to strengthen the Kremlin's control over the regions. Latyshev was appointed by Putin at...