Vladimir Putin

The row over General Motors' decision to scrap a European sales deal supported by Russia and Germany escalated today, with Vladimir Putin accusing the car group of "scornful" behaviour. The Russian prime minister said his country had...

In this article: General Motors, Opel, Magna, Sberbank, Angela Merkel, Tax, Russia, and Bankruptcy

...General Motors as workers stage protests over Opel U-turn Last updated at 2:42 PM on 05th November 2009 Lessons learned: Vladimir Putin described General Motors' behaviour as 'scornful' Vladimir Putin has described General Motors'...

In this article: Opel, General Motors, Magna, Sberbank, Russia, and Germany

MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged the European Union on Monday to lend Ukraine at least $1 billion to help it pay for natural gas supplies from Russia and avoid another disruption of flows to Europe. Europe gets 20...

In this article: European Union, Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, Russia, Europe, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Viktor Yushchenko, and Moscow

By Michael Stott Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time to a television interviewer about the fall of the Berlin Wall and his role in confronting an angry German crowd of protesters while working as a KGB officer stationed in...

In this article: Dresden, NTV, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia Today, Soviet Union, and Russia

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday called on the European Union to lend Ukraine "at a least a billion" to help avoid a new gas pricing spat with Russia and supply disruptions to Europe. "If there are problems, we are asking...

In this article: European Union, Ukraine, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Europe, Moscow, and Russia

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the European Union on Sunday that gas supplies via Ukraine may be disrupted because of a payment dispute with Kiev, news agencies quoted his office as saying. Putin telephoned his Swedish...

In this article: European Union, Ukraine, Kiev, Viktor Yushchenko, Gazprom, Viktor Yanukovich, Russia, and Fredrik Reinfeldt

A dispute between Russia and Ukraine in January cut supplies to Europe Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine might be having problems paying for gas, raising new concerns over European supplies. Mr Putin said the...

In this article: European Union, Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, Europe, Russia, Yulia Tymoshenko, Moscow, and Kiev

...Commission proposes Ukraine loan; IMF sees problems (Adds quotes and details) By Gleb Bryanski Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko risked provoking a new gas crisis that could...

In this article: Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, European Union, Yulia Tymoshenko, International Monetary Fund, Russia, Europe, and Moscow

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukraine was likely to have new problems paying for Russian gas because Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was blocking payments. "It looks like, we will again have problems with...

In this article: Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, European Union, Yulia Tymoshenko, Novo-Ogaryovo, and Moscow

Vladimir Putin single-handedly defended the KGB's offices in East Germany from crowds of looters after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new documentary claims. Published: 6:45AM GMT 29 Oct 2009 Vladmir Putin was a KGB major in Dresden in...

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