It was the day Russian state television aired the Soviet classic movie 'Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears' and the night its strongman leader Vladimir Putin appeared misty-eyed before the nation.

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Russia prepared on Saturday to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term amid a tide of protests unseen since the Soviet era and mounting tensions with the West.

Russians started voting on Sunday in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term amid protests unseen since the Soviet era.

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday cast his ballot in presidential elections he is expected to win, boasting he had come straight from sport and accompanied by his rarely-seen wife Lyudmila.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a six-year term as Russia's president in an election on Sunday, exit polls showed.

Putin won 58.3 per cent of the vote, enough to avoid a second-round runoff, an exi

A mother in a Russian city threw her four-month-old son to death from the 14th floor of a multi-storey building because the child's cries were disrupting her sleep, the LifeNews internet portal report

Russia's Vladimir Putin promised he would not crack down on Russia's burgeoning opposition movement following his likely election as president on Sunday, but rejected protesters' calls for early parli

Vladimir Putin made a show of confidence ahead of Sunday's poll that is set to see him win back the Russian presidency, belittling the opposition as lacking in vision and brushing off protests.

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Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has requested the opposition leaders to refrain from using 'dirty devices' during the upcoming election.

"We know that some are prepar

Moscow announced plans on Tuesday to modernize the Kalashnikov, giving a new lease of life to the Soviet-era assault rifle that is the mainstay of the Russian army and weapon of choice for paramilitar