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• Putin visits Berlin, Paris amid divide over Syria

  (AP) -- Vladimir Putin can expect to face pressure from the leaders of Germany and France for a change of heart on Syria when he visits Berlin and Paris on Friday -- but there's little sign that the Russian president is prepared to tighten the diplomatic   Read more »

• Russian leader Putin names new Cabinet

  (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin named a new Cabinet on Monday that retained some of the outgoing government's key figures but added a few fresh faces, cementing his grip on power as he begins his third presidential term.Putin, who has ruled Russ   Read more »

• Putin gives top job to tank factory worker

  (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin has given a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow laborers to disperse opposition protests.Putin said Friday he would make Igor Kholmanskikh the presidential envoy t   Read more »

• Punk band arrest at heart of Russia church feud

  (AP) -- The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skull-and-crossbones T-shirts cheer on the cops.It's the latest flare-up in a growing   Read more »

• Putin's first week sees wave of challenges

  (AP) -- Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be tempted to shed some in frustration.Since his inauguration on Monday, the man whose 2000-2008 presidency was c   Read more »

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• Russian banks eye closer ties with China

  and attract more investments to develop Russia's Far East region, a Russian Banker has said. During Russian President Vladimir Putin's scheduled visit to China next week, Russian banks expect to sign agreements with Chinese partners on financing several projects 45 m ago from China Daily Read more »

• Putin pardons 2 Belarusians for humanitarian reasons

  and drop the image on Home icon in your browser toolbar, then select "yes" in pop-up window Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned two Belarusian nationals, Alexander Chechurov and Sergei Lagun, for humanitarian reasons. According to the Kremlin’s press 2:05 AM from Voice of Russia Read more »

• Putin says counterproductive to call Annan mission failure

  - Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Second President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits he is the current Prime Minister of Russia. His sock puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, was installed in 12:57 AM from Rantburg Read more »

• Contracts Tymoshenko Signed Not Unlawful - Russian President

  June 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said contracts that jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko signed a few years ago are not out of line with Ukrainian laws. “As regards Mrs. Tymoshenko and her conviction, Russia’s and 6/1/12 from RIA Novosti Read more »

• Rights panel condemns Syria

  As Russian diplomats in Geneva dismissed the resolution as "unbalanced" and voted against the text, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to press the Syrian government for an end to the violence and insisted a political solution was still possible despite 6/1/12 from The Portland Maine Press Herald Read more »