Russian finance minister ousted after Putin plan rebellion
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was ousted on Monday after rebelling against a plan to install President Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister when Vladimir Putin returns to the Kremlin in 2012.
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Putin set to return as Russian president
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday stunningly announced that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should return to the Kremlin in 2012 elections for a new six-year mandate.
Medvedev told the annu
Putin strips for 'judo injury treatment'
It's summer, so it must be time for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to take his shirt off.
And any Russians disappointed that Putin had not been photographed this holiday season riding bare-chested
Young women urged to strip ‘for Vladimir Putin to be Russian president’!
In a bid to support Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote, an online campaign has been launched urging young women to support him by taking off their clothes.
Called ‘Putin's A
Putin spy posters put up in Moscow
Posters depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a secret agent have been put up at many public places in Moscow, officials said.
Authorities vowed Friday to 'find and punish' the 'hooligan
Vladimir Putin's new personal photographer under scanner for merit
The media office of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is facing pressure to issue an explanation over the hiring of a former model as his personal photographer.
The 25-year-old’s appointment is b
Putin visits Georgian rebel region
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday made an unannounced visit to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia to attend the funeral of its leader Sergei Bagapsh, an AFP correspondent said.
Silvio laughs off ‘cable criticism’
Moscow, Nov. 29: US diplomats refer to the Russian President, Mr Dmitry Medvedev, as a hesitant leader and the Prime Minister, Mr Vladimir Putin, as an “alpha male,” Kommersant reported on Monday citi
Putin make up fuels speculation
Oct. 28: Was it a flying elbow during judo practice? A little nip and tuck? Or exhaustion from too many flights? Russian and Ukrainian media speculated feverishly on Thursday over what could have cau
Russian police seize critical book on Putin: report
Russian police has seized thousands of copies of a critical book on the country's powerful Prime Minister, Mr Vladimir Putin, penned by an opposition leader, his party has said.
Liberal opposition l