Russian President Vladimir Putin told billionaire Roman Abramovich to ’get his act cleaned up’ after reports emerged of his relationship with a 25-year-old former model, the AFP news agency quoted Abramovich’s biographer as saying.
Popularity: 5% [?]
March 15, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday in the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, The Associated Press news agency reported. The meeting of the two leaders expected to focus on ways of easing tension between Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground on moral issues.
Popularity: 3% [?]
March 14, 2007Vladimir Putin has decided to delay the completion of Iran’s first nuclear reactor. The Middle East Newsline said the move appears to be in coordination with the United States.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 12, 2007The parliament of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya Friday approved Ramzan Kadyrov as president of Chechnya, Russia’s RIA-Novosti news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 2, 2007President Vladimir Putin nominated a widely feared security chief as the new president of Chechnya on Thursday, while Europe’s human rights chief denounced torture and other rampant abuses in the war-battered region.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Vladimir Putin said Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG are making too much money on the state’s $1.3 bln subsidized-medicine program.
Popularity: 8% [?]
February 28, 2007A Russian ultra-right movement has launched a campaign to propose Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko as a candidate for Russia’s 2008 presidential election, the Radio Free Europe reported on Wednesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
President Vladimir Putin has awarded renowned cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich with a state medal, The Associated Press news agency reported on Monday quoting an official release by the Kremlin press service.
Popularity: 2% [?]
February 27, 2007Russia is interested in acquiring a larger stake in European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., the parent company of airline manufacturer Airbus, Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, February 21.
Popularity: 2% [?]
February 22, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence Olympic athletes will be competend in Russia’s Sochi at the 2014 Winter Games after personally testing the slopes, The Associated Press news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
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