Russia

...the tracking collar could simply have failed or broken off. Mr Putin embellished his action-man image when he shot the five-year-old tiger in Russia's Far East in August last year. He allegedly saved a Russian television crew from attack...

In this article: Tiger, Vladimir Putin, Amur, Far East, Poaching, and Vladivostok

Putin to continue stimulus as Russia moves out of crisis ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia's anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, AvtoVAZ, St Petersburg, Recession, United Russia, Lada, and Renault

...Putin said. "The president posed the question about the necessary, thorough modernization of the Russian economy -- overcoming chronic backwardness and moving the country to a more modern level of development," Putin added. Putin...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, United Russia, and Saint Petersburg

Russia's Putin wins approval for gas pipeline to EU NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Slovenia's approval on Saturday for the South Stream pipeline, undermining European Union efforts to reduce...

In this article: European Union, Vladimir Putin, Gazprom, Slovenia, Nord Stream, Ukraine, Moscow, and Liquefied natural gas

...Russians still regarding Ukraine as a part of Russia rather than an independent entity. Earlier this year, Putin referred to Ukraine as "little Russia". Dr Andrew Wilson at the European Council on Foreign Relations said that Ukraine was...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili, Yalta, EU, and Dmitry Medvedev

...huge modernization project that is doomed to fail. Thus, Medvedev will be the perfect fall guy in 2012, at which point Putin will step in to save the country and become the next president. This latest Kremlin experiment is also unique in...

In this article: Dmitry Medvedev, Democracy, Vladimir Putin, Alvin Toffler, Immanuel Wallerstein, Josef Stalin, and NATO

...20 2009 11:25 Vladimir Putin has agreed to waive sanctions against Ukraine and and amend Russia's natural gas contract with the country, in a move that could ease fears of a disruption to European gas supplies this winter. After late night...

In this article: Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Gazprom, Europe, Kiev, Natural gas, and Moscow

...Brown are in a meeting when God arrives, warning the world is going to end in three days. Putin returns to Russia and announces: "Two pieces of bad news. As communists, we did not believe in God. I'm afraid he exists. Also, the world is going...

In this article: God, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, Recession, Financial Services Authority, and Cambridge University

...Nikolsky, Pool, File /AP Photo FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 file photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a microphone at the filming of a show for Russia's music television channel. Putin, a self-described "jungle" kid...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, and Just Russia