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| | Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Putin graduated from the International Department of the Law Faculty of the Leningrad State University in 1975 and was recruited into the KGB. | | | Putin was appointed Chairman (predsedatel', or prime minister) of the Government of the Russian Federation by President Boris Yeltsin in August 1999, making him Russia's fifth prime minister in less than eighteen months. | | | Putin formally resigned from the state security services on August 20, 1991, during the abortive putsch against the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
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| | In 1975, Putin graduated from the law department of the Leningrad State University. | | | After his return to Leningrad, Putin became an aide to the vice-president of the Leningrad State University in charge of international issues. | | | On August 9, 1999, he was appointed first vice-prime minister and later on the same day he became acting prime minister. |
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http://www.russianembassy.org/RUSSIA/President.HTM
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| | Putin Lashes Out At U.S. and E.U. (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Putin compared the Ukrainian case to charges of voter fraud in Afghanistan in the presidential election in October, when Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed candidate, was elected in that country's first free presidential ballot. | | | At his traditional year-end news conference, Putin emphasized Russia's good relations with the United States but questioned U.S. and European support for a Ukrainian Supreme Court decision overturning the results of the recent Ukrainian vote because of what the court deemed to be widespread fraud. | | | A new election is to be held Sunday. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21917-2004Dec23.html
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| | Putin's Career Rooted in Russia's KGB (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Putin also said then that he wanted to write a dissertation "on a subject I always knew and understood, I mean international private law." Musin said Putin came to him to make preparations for the dissertation but then dropped it when he got reacquainted with one of his old law professors, Anatoly Sobchak. | | | He entered Leningrad State University's law department in 1970, but the Soviet Union was not a state governed by the rule of law. | | | Earlier, Putin had said he wanted to research international private law, but his 218-page dissertation was completely different. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/russiagov/putin.htm
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| | Vladimir Putin |
| | Putin, a pro-market democratic reformer, was elected president of Russia in 2000 after enjoying a meteoric rise within the ranks of the Kremlin. | | | Sobchak was elected mayor in 1991, and Putin joined his administration, becoming first deputy mayor. | | | Vladimir Putin - Prime Minister and President of Russia by Beth Rowen Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his... |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781880.html
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| | TIME Europe Magazine: Putin on the Spot -- Jan. 31, 2005 |
| | Putin could still distance himself from the reforms and from his increasingly unpopular government — fire a few ministers and reshuffle his Cabinet — and present himself as righting the injustices wrought by his underlings. | | | Despite Putin's attempts to distance himself from the harsh impact of the reforms, the President was, in fact, strongly behind the law, according to pro-Kremlin analyst Markov, who says he forced it on a reluctant United Russia, the Kremlin-controlled ruling bloc in the Duma. | | | Faced with the most widespread demonstrations of his presidency, Putin tried to blame his cabinet for botching the reforms, then ordered pensions raised. |
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http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901050131-1019776,00.html
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| | Vladimir Putin - MN-FILES - MOSNEWS.COM |
| | On March 14, 2004, Putin was re-elected with 71.31 percent of the vote. | | | With his blessing, Putin, as the next in line, took over the Kremlin and became Acting President. | | | Russia’s Putin Submits Changes to Controversial Governor Appointment Law |
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http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/putin.shtml
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| | Putin's Next Power Play - Jailing billionaires is just the beginning; he wants to be Russia's president-for-life. By ... |
| | Russia's temper tantrum, though, is part of Putin's effort to warn the international community—and the United States in particular—away from raising its voice as Putin tightens his grip a bit more. | | | He has also stocked all levels and departments of his administration with former KGB cronies to ensure that things are done his way throughout the government bureaucracy. | | | "After the end of his second term, [Putin] needs to have [another] first but very long term," Pavel Borodin was quoted as saying. |
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http://slate.msn.com/id/2090745
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| | Commentary: Putin's Biggest Blunder |
| | Russia's apparent political stability may not last beyond 2008, when Putin is scheduled to retire at the end of his second term. | | | A Yushchenko government is not likely to be great friends with Russia after Putin's blatant interference in the election. | | | Is Russian President Vladimir V. Putin losing his touch? |
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_50/b3912076_mz054.htm
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| | Easy Victory - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com |
| | Judging by Putin's dramatic shakeup of his government earlier this month, the president understands the urgency of implementing real economic reform before the constitutionally-mandated end of his second term in 2008. | | | Vladimir Putin had little trouble persuading Russians to vote him back into office. | | | Voter turnout of less than 50 percent would have invalidated the election. |
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4533247
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Putin's Russia |
| | Respect for the rule of the law, as distinguished from Putin's "dictatorship of the law" is still lacking. | | | Attuned to Russians' attitude toward politics--they traditionally accept authoritarian leadership--Shevtsova marches through Putin's success in inducing Russia's power groups (liberals, business oligarchs, Moscow ministries, and regional governors) to fall in behind him. | | | CAPs: Saint Petersburg, Russian System, Federation Council, White House, Vladimir Putin (more) |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0870032011?v=glance
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| | CNN.com - Putin blasts U.S. on terror stance - Sep 7, 2004 |
| | Putin also defended his government's decision to storm the school and said the hostage holders had begun shooting children out of boredom. | | | Putin's comments came a few weeks after the U.S. granted asylum to Ilias Akhmadov, the "foreign minister" of the Chechen separatist movement. | | | MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that mid-level officials in the U.S. government were undermining his country's war on terrorism by supporting Chechen separatists, whom he compared to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/putin.us
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| | United Press International - International - Putin remarks stun Russian media |
| | Putin had silently sat listening to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen explain why Denmark had allowed a Chechen separatist congress to take place in Copenhagen, but was clearly seething as his Danish colleague brushed off the question of state support for the gathering. | | | Putin has been known to lose his cool over Chechnya at news conferences, using slang and descending into jargon used by criminals. | | | Newstrack: President Bush refused Monday to allow senators to review documents on Harriet Miers' work as White House counsel. |
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http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021112-042851-5719r
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| | CBC News:Putin peppered by questions on TV, Web |
| | Putin answered questions live on both state-run television networks for 2½ hours, part of a campaign to improve his standing with voters. | | | MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his government in an unusual forum Thursday – in front of the Russian people. | | | Putin said the economy was much better, that Russia has more oil resources than the United States, and that the government should consider imposing mandatory treatment for drug addicts. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/12/19/putin_021219
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| | The Perils of Putin |
| | Then in March 2004, Putin himself was reelected with over 70 percent of the votes. | | | He has even replaced his strong first-term chief of staff and prime minister with two individuals famous for their indecision. | | | in September, and Putin's palpable interference in the Ukrainian presidential election. |
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/116hwusb.asp
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| | Putin's unchallenged imperialism moves to Ukraine csmonitor.com |
| | What's strange about this is that Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, was probably right when he recently boasted that the election of his replacement next Sunday would rank second only to Iraq's upcoming vote in geopolitical importance. | | | Yet Viktor Yanukovich, prime minister and presidential candidate in Ukraine, has humbly welcomed all this and more from Russian President Vladimir Putin - and Western governments have responded with a studied silence. | | | Yanukovich would also entrench Putin's brand of authoritarian politics in his country. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1028/p09s02-coop.html
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| | t r u t h o u t - Le Nouvel Observateur Putin Denounces American "Dictatorship" in Guarded Language |
| | Vladimir Putin left New Delhi Saturday afternoon for Bangalore in Southern India. | | | The Russian president warned against the development, within this framework, of "all the threats" that "terrorism, large-scale criminal activity and drug trafficking" constitute. | | | Washington has done the same for Ilias Akhmadov, Aslan Maskhadov's representative in the United States. |
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120704H.shtml
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| | Russian author clarifies Putin's KGB background - 04/12/2000 |
| | Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are on a first-name basis, and both Blair and President Bill Clinton have said they can work with Putin. | | | The March 26 election of Vladimir Putin to the highest office in Russia left the world questioning the leader's KGB past and his penchant to tell people what they want to hear, leaving his true motives disguised. | | | Mark Stipakov is Putin's former classmate, who said Putin is "a man of action, not a man of word." Stipakov, who now resides in Minnesota, said he remembers Putin as being loyal, honest and purposeful. |
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http://www.mndaily.com/daily/2000/04/12/news/new1
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| | ABC News: Putin Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy |
| | Putin compared his move to end direct popular election of regional governors to the American process of electing presidents through the Electoral College rather than by the results of the popular vote. | | | BRATISLAVA, Slovakia Feb 25, 2005 — Prodded by President Bush to reaffirm his country's commitment to democracy, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted his government was not backsliding. | | | He suggested that Russians who oppose his actions, such as a campaign against the Yukos oil company and his shutdown of independent media outlets, can sway public opinion because they "are richer than those who are in favor." |
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=530255
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| | t r u t h o u t - Putin Blasts U.S. on Terror, Iraq Elections |
| | In 2000, Boris N. Yeltsin handed over the Russian presidency to Vladimir V. Putin, a former KGB agent whose youth and aura of strength gave his demoralized and chaotic country a badly needed shot of confidence. | | | New Delhi - Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Friday, accusing it of a double-standard in fighting terrorism and questioning whether any election in Iraq can be democratic when fighting is raging in the country. | | | Putin, who has been critical of the United States for going to war without international approval, warned that the fighting in Iraq was threatening the possibility of a democratic vote slated for Jan. 30. |
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120504B.shtml
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| | CBS News Putin Defends His 'Democracy' July 31, 2005 19:33:28 |
| | What did Putin hope to accomplish, with all of the heads of state attending the celebration? | | | This happened under Boris Yeltsin, but Putin was not about to criticize the man who made him president. | | | Asks Putin: “Have your American friends never told you about corruption in the United States?” |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/25/60minutes/main711478_page2.shtml
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| | CNN.com - Putin urges voters to back Bush - Oct 18, 2004 |
| | Putin noted that American voters will not decide the election just on Iraq. | | | President Putin made it clear Russia remained opposed to the war in Iraq. | | | CNN.com - Putin urges voters to back Bush - Oct 18, 2004 |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/18/putin.iraq
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| | Online NewsHour: Power Shift -- January 3, 2000 |
| | Russian acting president Vladimir Putin promises to clean up widespread corruption. | | | Michael McFaul, he is the first Russian president born after World War II, in much the same way that Bill Clinton was the first American president born after World War II. | | | I'm not sure that a popularly elected president such as Putin would be as amenable. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june00/russia_01-03.html
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| | Commentary: Deciphering Putin |
| | Which side of his personality will be dominant in the remaining three years of his second term? | | | Putin is just as unlikely to sack his liberal ministers or abandon his economic reforms, although he may face growing difficulties in implementing them. | | | Putin has shown signs of his old pragmatism by moving quickly to rebuild relations with new President Viktor Yushchenko. |
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_09/b3922082_mz054.htm
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| | Talk: Vladimir Putin - Open Encyclopedia |
| | Why and how is Putin so popular (and his opponents so unpopular)? | | | Putin's handling of the school hostage situation just tells me what kind of president he is. Putin is reverting Russia back to the USSR. | | | Isn't Russia in a bit of a state? |
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http://talk.open-encyclopedia.com/Vladimir_Putin
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| | BBC - BBC Four Profile - Vladimir Putin |
| | Some have accused Putin of "colourless bureaucracy", but former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spotted the "two distinct strands" of the Russian president. | | | Chosen, to great surprise, by Boris Yeltsin as his successor, Putin used his KGB training, plus his own discipline and common sense, in a series of jobs that included running the security service. | | | But his early life was spent in the former Soviet Union, and he looks back fondly on this time of state control. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/putin.shtml
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| | Putin's Pratfall - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com |
| | While Bush was diplomatic in his criticism, he and Europe's leaders publicly supported a new vote tally, dealing Putin his worst humiliation in nearly five years as Russia's president. | | | Only three weeks before, in a ham-handed display of Kremlin bullying, Putin had championed his own dubious candidate for Ukraine's presidency, ex-convict Viktor Yanukovych. | | | But Putin's humiliation could also come back to haunt Bush and the Russia specialist who will soon become his secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. |
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6652859/site/newsweek
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| | Top Story - Putin: Bush Must Win or Terrorists Will Triumph - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg ... |
| | The goal of international terrorism is to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term," Putin said. | | | Putin, however, was quick to point out that his views on the U.S.-led war on Iraq continues to differ from those of Bush and that he will "respect any choice of the American people" for president. | | | Political analysts expressed bewilderment over Putin's latest comments, saying his motives were unclear since his words would have little impact on U.S. voters. |
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http://archive.sptimes.ru/archive/times/1013/top/t_13963.htm
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| | NPR News: Vladimir Putin: Putin in America |
| | Putin started this final day of his U.S. tour with breakfast at President Bush's Texas ranch. | | | Putin insists the system would violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. | | | Bush repeatedly has, Putin said, "I think President Bush is being very mild in his choice of words. |
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http://www.npr.org/news/specials/putin/putinamerica.html
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| | Putin: Russia Gave Bush Iraq Intelligence |
| | ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday his government warned Washington that Saddam Hussein's regime was preparing attacks in the United States and its interests abroad - an assertion that appears to bolster President Bush's contention that Iraq was a threat. | | | Putin emphasized that the intelligence didn't cause Russia to waver from its firm opposition to the U.S.-led war last year, but his statement was the second this month in which he has offered at least some support for Bush on Iraq. | | | In the wake of the invasion of Iraq, Putin sharply rebuked the United States for going to war despite opposition within the U.N. Security Council and said the threat posed to international security by the war was greater than that posed by Saddam. |
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/18/91140.shtml
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| | Putin's War |
| | When American journalists recently asked Putin about his government's rights abuses in Chechnya, he parried by asking us about Iraq. | | | As Vladimir Putin and George Bush sit down today at Camp David, back in Russia Putin's government is driving women and children who had fled the fighting in Chechnya back into the war zone. | | | So while this week's spotlight is on the diplomatic dance between Putin, Bush and the United Nations over Iraq, there's been little notice of desperate refugees being driven out by harassment. |
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20031013/bivins
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| | NPR News: Vladimir Putin |
| | Read the transcript of the interview that ranges from Chechnya, the war on terrorism and Russia's relationship with the United States to Putin's love of Russian literature. | | | President Putin takes calls and e-mail from listeners across America. | | | In an NPR News exclusive, Putin speaks with NPR's Robert Siegel. |
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http://www.npr.org/news/specials/putin
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| | Putin says Iran must not become nuclear power |
| | Putin's comments were echoed by Schroeder, whose country along with Britain and France has been pushing Iran to abandon its nuclear fuel cycle work altogether, in addition to not enriching uranium. | | | This problem can and must be examined by the international community, at this stage in the framework of the IAEA (the UN atomic agency)," said Putin. | | | Russia is constructing Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr despite international protests, although negotiations over price and logistics are holding up the launch. |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040831130428.pna5n8t0.html
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| | Vladimir Putin |
| | click for Everything about President Vladimir Putin: biography and lots of pictures. |
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