Vladimir Putin
US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013. The conflict in Syria was set to dominate the G8 summit starting in Northern Ireland on Monday, with Western leaders upping pressure on Russia to back away from its support for President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Age and SMH’s latest byline: Vladimir Putin?
We hope that new opportunities for solving the Iranian nuclear problem will emerge after the Iranian elections
Of course, our opinions do not coincide ... But all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria, to stop the growth of victims, and to solve the situation peacefully, including by bringing the parties to the negotiations table in Geneva.More quotes »
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Seeking a Syria consensus despite US-Russia divide
(AP) -- Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin stake out dia 1:24 AM Read more »
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Vladimir Putin says Patriots Super Bowl ring was gift
Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's on display in the Kremlin, but says he's ready to buy him another ring as a gift.Putin was reacting Sunday through a s Read more »
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Putin: IMF needs reform
(AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, preparing for next week's G-8 summit, says reforming the International Monetary Fund should be a top issue among the world's economic powers.In an interview with the state news agency RIA Novosti that was release Read more »
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Putins announce their divorce
(AP) -- Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife and then announcing their marriage is over. But how will it play to his audience of 143 million Russians?The end of the marriag Read more »
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Russian economist critical of Putin flees pressure
(AP) -- A Russian economist who has criticized President Vladimir Putin 's policies says he was forced to leave Russia after worrying he could lose his freedom on "very bogus grounds."Sergei Guriev told the AP on Friday that he wanted to escape pressure Read more »
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Karzai announces Afghan forces to take over security nationwide
in Syria but want the bloodshed to stop and the warring parties brought to the negotiating table, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Tens of thousands of people last night took to the streets of major cities in Turkey in anti-government protests. 16 m ago from Voice of Russia Read more »
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Bitter Syria rift gets G8 off to tricky start
transparency. But is it surprising that this should happen when UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin let rip with a spectacular display of public differences on the issue on Sunday, while US President Barack Obama flew in hot 1:24 AM from IndiaVision Read more »
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Nothing but hope left for Syria
Barack Obama met Vladimir Putin as part of the G8 talks in Northern Ireland, he must have thought there are better ways of spending time at a golf resort than discussing the Syrian conflict with the Russian president. Obama is a golf tragic. Well, a basketball 1:13 AM from The Australian Read more »
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Obummer & Poutin’
the face children have when they’re ordered to eat their peas. President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin struck two sourpuss poses during a meeting yesterday at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, clearly not jazzed to be in each other’s 12:50 AM from New York Post Read more »
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Obama skeptical on major US military action in Syria
in Syria but want the bloodshed to stop and the warring parties brought to the negotiating table, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Tens of thousands of people last night took to the streets of major cities in Turkey in anti-government protests. 12:36 AM from Voice of Russia Read more »
