Russia has sent interior ministry troops to Moscow and increased the alert level of security forces after a protest of thousands of people opposing Vladimir Putin, officials said on Tuesday.

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Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a surprise drop in support Sunday in legislative elections seen as a test of the Russian strongman's popularity ahead of his planned return to the Kremlin.

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The ruling party of Vladimir Putin on Monday won Russia's parliamentary elections but with a sharply reduced majority, in a blow for the strongman ahead of his planned return to the Kremlin in 2012.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged voters and politicians on Friday to unite behind the government and prevent Russian politics turning into a 'circus' after Sunday's parliamentary election.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to be the ruling party candidate in 2012 presidential elections that he is certain to win and that will fix the country's political future.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was greeted by catcalls when he steeped into the ring at a martial arts fight in Moscow.

Putin, a judo enthusiast, has long been an admirer of Russian heavyweig

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin praised outgoing fellow political veteran Silvio Berlusconi on Friday and defended his own decision to remain in power for years to come in front of an audience o

Vladimir Putin pushed on Wednesday for closer integration among ex-Soviet states after the slide in Kiev's relations with Brussels and the surprise creation of a free trade zone in the former communis

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday sought to defend his controversial plan to seek a third mandate as president, saying Russia needed stability and was only a few steps from a return to t

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a 'Eurasian Union' in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the