MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will be sworn in as Russia's president at a glittering ceremony on Monday, hours after clashes between police and protesters laid bare the deep divisions over his return to the Kremlin for six more years. full story ![]()

Vladimir Putin emerged from the obscurity of a secret agent’s life when called to Moscow in 1997 by power-hungry oligarchs in search of a pliable accomplice to plant in the Kremlin. In little more than two years, Putin was president of Russia and embarked on a mission to tame the wealthy cabal that hired him and to reinvigorate the debilitated nation.
latimes.com (2 days ago)
Vladimir Putin has launched a “witch hunt” against critics that is undermining freedom of expression in Russia, a report on his first year back as president said today.
standard.co.uk (30 days ago)

President Vladimir Putin insisted on Friday that the Kremlin was committed to the goal of democratic development, but said Russia needs more time to overcome the legacy of almost 70 years of Soviet rule.
rian.ru (1 month and 18 days ago)
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will soon fly to work by helicopter rather than being driven there in his usual Mercedes limousine to try to appease anger over traffic jams created by his motorcade. A helicopter pad has been built in the Kremlin "and the president will use it at the first opportunity," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in the Black...
yahoo.com (8 days ago)
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin likes to deny that he is taking Russia back to the USSR, but on Wednesday he dusted off another communist relic by restoring a labor medal introduced under Josef Stalin.
reuters.com (23 days ago)
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will soon fly to work by helicopter rather than being driven there in his usual Mercedes limousine to try to appease anger over traffic jams created by his motorcade.
reuters.com (8 days ago)

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia should listen to some of the French arguments about Syria _ over a bottle of vodka, not merely wine.
azstarnet.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia should listen to some of the French arguments about Syria — over a bottle of vodka, not merely wine.
boston.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - He is one of a few people who can stand up to Vladimir Putin, but even Russia's former finance minister failed to persuade the president his economy's problems lie at home not abroad.
reuters.com (17 days ago)
Russia's President Putin attends maneuvers aimed to showcase Russia's military might
abcnews.com (1 month and 25 days ago)
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