MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, facing the possibility of nationwide protests against his rule, on Thursday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of instigating demonstrators in the wake of the disputed parliamentary election. The comments came as opposition supporters largely stayed off the streets after three nights of sizeable protests. No protests were seen in Moscow and only a small one where 10 people were arrested was reported in St. Petersburg.
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's decision to reclaim the presidency next year sets up the possibility that he could rule Russia until 2024 and foreshadows a continuation of the strongman rule that many in the West have called a retreat from democracy. Although Putin departed the Kremlin in 2008 due to term limits and moved about 1.5 miles down the road to the prime minister's office, in a sense he never left at all. He cannily used Russia's state-controlled national TV channels to remain the country's pre- eminent political figure, with appearances portraying himself as a bold adventurer in Russia's wilderness, a vigorous advocate of the country's global importance and, occasionally, as a bit of a rogue consorting with scruffy motorcyclists.
MOSCOW - In his dozen years of leading Russia, Vladimir Putin has been the one doing the talking. Now he may be the one doing the listening. The protests against Putin and his party that arose in more than 60 Russian cities Saturday, including a vast demonstration a few hundred yards from the Kremlin, appear to have shaken the man accustomed to giving orders, lecturing journalists at marathon news conferences and dismissing dissenters with barbed and occasionally vulgar comments.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's finance minister rebelled on Sunday [Sept. 25] against Vladimir Putin's plan to make President Dmitry Medvedev his prime minister if he returns to the Kremlin by saying he would not serve in the next government. Foreign investors were alarmed by Alexei Kudrin's snub after Mr. Putin, who is now prime minister, announced he would run for president next March in an election that could extend his rule until 2024.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to seek the presidency in 2012 raises the specter of increased tensions between Russia and the West and the possibility of the former KGB officer remaining in power until 2024. Putin's style is very different from [current President Dmitry] Medvedev's - it's more confrontational, more combative and aggressive," said Fiona Hill, a Russia specialist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
MOSCOW - After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia's richest and most glamorous figures: The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets says he will run against him in March's presidential election. The announcement Monday by Mikhail Prokhorov underlines the extent of the discontent with Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for a dozen years - first as president, then as prime minister.
MOSCOW - After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia's richest and most glamorous figures - the billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets says he will run against Putin in March's presidential election. Mikhail Prokhorov's announcement Monday came just hours after another Russian economic star, Putin's former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, said he was ready to work to form a new party.
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, facing the possibility of nationwide protests against his rule, on Thursday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of instigating demonstrators in the wake of the disputed parliamentary election. The comments came as opposition supporters largely stayed off the streets after three nights of sizeable protests. No protests were seen in Moscow and only a small one where 10 people were arrested was reported in St. Petersburg.
ROME, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Russian presidential elections and the likely candidacy of Vladimir Putin was discussed at a conference of European political leaders in Rome today (Wednesday). European politicians answered questions about Mr Putin and the elections, which will be held next March, in the context of the impact on wider EU-Russian international relations. Mr Putin was recognised as the front- runner in Russian politics at the moment and all sides called for the elections to be held in an open and democratic way." Bernard Kouchner, former foreign minister of France, told the conference at the Italian Senate: "It seems Vladimir Putin has the majority of public support in Russia - I think everybody recognises that - but we will have to wait for the elections. And it is...
MOSCOW - Several thousand protesters took to the streets Monday night and accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party of rigging this weekend's parliamentary election in which it won the largest share of the seats. It was perhaps the biggest opposition rally in years and ended with police detaining about 300 activists. A group of several hundred marched toward the Central Elections Commission near the Kremlin, but were stopped by riot police and taken away in buses.
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