Sardinia

...plunging into a freezing river and riding a horse shirtless in the steppe. Mr Putin and Mr Berlusconi both boast of their close friendship. Mr Putin in April 2008 stayed with Mr Berlusconi at his villa on the Italian island of Sardinia.

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, Beriev Be-200, Dmitry Peskov, Saint Petersburg, and Italy

...of Mr Berlusconi's own amphitheatre. Among regular guests is Vladimir Putin, who travelled to Sardinia for talks with Mr Berlusconi in April last year, only two weeks before he stood down as President. Mr Berlusconi told reporters after the...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Allegation, Vladimir Putin, Veronica Lario, and La Stampa

...Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary. The two men boast of having a strong personal rapport and Putin in April 2008 stayed with Berlusconi at his villa on the Italian island of Sardinia. St. Petersburg is Putin's home city.

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi, Russia, Italy, Corriere della Sera, Democratic Party, and Caspian Sea

...of a tabloid allegation about his private life. Putin was visiting Berlusconi on the island of Sardinia just days after the Italian media mogul's victory in parliamentary elections. Putin arrived on the island late Thursday after...

In this article: Alitalia, Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, Aeroflot, Gazprom, Eni, Libya, The St. Petersburg Times, and Il Sole 24 Ore

...Alina Kabaeva. "In what you said, there is not one word of truth," Mr Putin said when asked about the reports by a journalist at a news briefing in Sardinia with the Italian prime minister-elect, Silvio Berlusconi. Mr Putin, 55, has...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Alina Kabaeva, Sydney, Mikhail Gorbachev, Silvio Berlusconi, St Petersburg, and Moscow

...line that digging around in Mr Putin's private life is taboo. However, it was a Russian journalist who asked Mr Putin the question at his press conference in Sardinia. Mr Berlusconi, who earlier this week joked that Italy would be...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Alina Kabayeva, Silvio Berlusconi, Allegation, Italy, and Moshe Katsav

She is at the centre of an investigation - not directly implicating Berlusconi - into an entrepreneur facing corruption charges who allegedly paid call girls to spend the night at Berlusconi's Rome residence and a villa in Sardinia.

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, L'espresso, People of Freedom, and Rome

...dream is to meet with him." Berlusconi and Putin are close friends. More than once, Putin and his family have been guests of Berlusconi at his summer residence in Sardinia. In the summer of 2002, Putin's two daughters spent a month at...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Canale 5, Russia Today, Boris Yeltsin, and Russia

...euro a day, from being sold to Air France. And he commenced his personal diplomacy by hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his vacation home in Sardinia just after the election. That produced speculation that Aeroflot might...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi, Italy, Northern League, People of Liberty, International Monetary Fund, and Vladimir Putin