Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised to do everything in his power to find those responsible for the airport attack and ensure they pay for their crime.
Speaking to his Health and Social Development minister he insisted on the necessity to help those injured as much as possible, and provide material assistance to those who had lost members of their families.
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Putin promises aid for bomb survivors
January 25th, 2011 |
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BP in Russia: Dancing with Mr Putin
January 20th, 2011 |
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BP’s Russian venture offers big rewards and big risks
EARLIER this month Bob Dudley was ferried along the ten-lane avenue that links Vladimir Putin’s home to the Kremlin. The Russian prime minister shook hands with the boss of BP, sealing a $16 billion deal. The British oil firm will gain access to Russia’s vast and deeply frozen Arctic oilfields. It will also get a 9.5% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil giant, to add to the 1.3% it already owns. In return Rosneft will get 5% of BP. The deal was announced to the world on January 14th.
It is the first share swap between a national oil company and a private oil major. It is also the first joint venture to explore in an area that could hold as much oil and gas as the North Sea. Far from keeping a low profile after its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, BP seems eager to prove that it is as bold as ever. …
Putin orders 5% cut in Russian govt. staff
January 14th, 2011 |
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Russia’s federal government will lose 5% of its staff this year as part of a three-year program of cuts, RIA Novosti reported. The Russian news agency quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Kyrgyzstan could name mountain peak after Putin
January 4th, 2011 |
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Kyrgyzstan PM Almazbek Atambaev has signed a bill that would name one of that mountainous country’s peaks after Russian PM Vladimir Putin, reports RFE/RL. The bill is on its way to parliament for final approval.
Putin calls DiCaprio “real man”
November 24th, 2010 |
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Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has received the ultimate accolade from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, RFE/RL reports. Putin, who cultivates a macho image, called DiCaprio “a real man” for coming to the ongoing summit on endangered tigers in St. Petersburg despite the fact that a fire on his first airliner forced an emergency landing in New York and strong headwinds forced his second plane to make an unscheduled fueling stop in Helsinki.
Putin: Spies had “tough lives”
July 26th, 2010 |
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Russian PM Vladimir Putin says he has met the Russian agents recently deported from the US – and claimed they were living “tough lives” and had been “betrayed”. He told journalists that he had sung Soviet-era patriotic songs with the agents.
Putin sets out new strategy for N. Caucasus
July 6th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined new initiatives to boost economic development in the restive North Caucasus, RFE/RL reports. Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region fueled by poverty, unemployment and corruption.
Pamela Anderson in Putin seal appeal
June 9th, 2010 |
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Hollywood’s Pamela Anderson has written to Russian PM Vladimir Putin, seeking a Kremlin ally for her campaign to stop the slaughter of baby seals in Canada. Anderson has appealed on Putin to ban the import of baby seal skins from her native country.
Putin: Russians, Poles seek to build trust
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Russia and Poland have a common stake in building mutual trust, Russian PM Vladimir Putin said in a message to the Polish people on Constitution Day. “I am sure that the peoples of our two countries, who recently together went through a tragic event, are interested in the strengthening of mutual trust and understanding,” Putin said in a congratulatory telegram to his counterpart, Donald Tusk, a government statement said.
Russian Premier Putin arrives in Italy
April 26th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived late Sunday at Milan’s Malpensa airport, where he was met by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The two leaders were planning an informal dinner at Berlusconi’s villa.
Putin marks Katyn massacre with Polish counterpart
April 7th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk marked the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The historic ceremony marked efforts to warm up relations between the Kremlin and Warsaw, reports said.
Polish politician welcomes Putin’s visit to Katyn
April 6th, 2010 |
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The upcoming visit by Russian PM Vladimir Putin to Katyn demonstrates a “new trend in Russia’s approach to history,” a Polish politician said on Monday. Thousands of Polish POWs were massacred by Soviet forces in WWII in Katyn.
Putin personally delivers four Mi-17 choppers to Chavez
April 3rd, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday personally delivered four Mi-17 helicopters to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, This is part of the growing energy and defense links between the two countries.
Putin: Terrorists will be eliminated
March 29th, 2010 |
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The terrorists behind the two blasts that killed at least 38 people in the Moscow metro system on Monday will be eliminated, Russian PM Vladimir Putin vowed. The first attack on one of the world’s busiest metro systems occurred just before 8:00 a.m. (4:00 GMT) at the Lubyanka station under the headquarters of the Federal Security Services (FSB) as people hurried to work, RIA Novosti reports.
Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant
March 19th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer. “The first reactor at Iran’s nuclear power plant in Bushehr is to be launched already in the summer,” Putin said.
Thousands call on Putin to quit
January 31st, 2010 |
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Ten thousand people have attended a rally in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Internet pictures have emerged of the demonstration in the city’s main square.
Putin says Russia’s population rising
December 31st, 2009 |
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Russia’s population statistics are rising for the first time since 1995, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Putin said that for the past five years the number of deaths had declined, while births had risen.
Putin launches first section of Pacific oil pipeline
December 28th, 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday launched the first section of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. “It is an important event for Russia. It is a strategic project, which enables (Russia) to enter new markets in the Asia-Pacific region,” Putin said at the launching ceremony held at an oil terminal in the port of Kozmino near the Pacific city of Vladivostok.
Putin “to think about” presidential bid
December 3rd, 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he will think about running for president again in 2012. “I will think about it,” said Putin during an annual Q&A session with Russian citizens. He served as Russia’s president from 2000 to 2008.
Putin: France’s EDF joins South Stream
November 27th, 2009 |
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France’s Electricite de France (EDF) has agreed with Russia’s Gazprom on its participation in the South Stream gas project, the Russian PM said on Friday. The pipeline, scheduled to be completed by 2015, is part of Russia’s efforts to cut dependence on transit nations. It is a rival project to the EU-backed Nabucco, which would bypass Russia.