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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is battling to avoid a presidential runoff that may dent his authority as polls suggest Russians will force a second round of voting for the first time since 1996.
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When Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with residents of a burned-out village near Moscow this month, he promised to rebuild their homes before winter. To make sure, he ordered round-the-clock video surveillance on construction sites and put monitors in his home and office.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev defended backing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last week, likening it to then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s endorsement of Barack Obama after a 16-month campaign in 2008.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hardened his stance on military spending, the issue that triggered Alexei Kudrin’s exit as finance minister, as he seeks to bolster his chances of becoming prime minister next year.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may be moving to reassert his control over the presidency next year by creating a broad coalition of supporters under his personal leadership as backing for the ruling party wanes.
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Royal Group, run by the brother of Abu Dhabi’s ruler, may invest several hundred million dollars in housing and agriculture projects in Chechnya, said Ramzan Kadyrov , the Russian region’s leader.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev begins his third year in office today still seeking to tame a bureaucracy that has resisted his initiatives and shake an image of powerlessness.
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President Dmitry Medvedev stepped up efforts to stamp out dissent before Vladimir Putin’s planned return to the Kremlin, warning officials against challenging his policies a day after firing Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.
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Yury Luzhkov ’s ouster after 18 years as mayor of Moscow completes Russia’s purge of independent regional leaders begun during Vladimir Putin ’s presidency.
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OAO Rosneft named Eduard Khudainatov as chief executive officer, ending the almost 12-year tenure of Sergei Bogdanchikov and increasing Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin ’s control of Russia’s biggest oil producer.
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