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Putin joins Orthodox leaders for religious anniversary in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin travels to Ukraine on Saturday to mark the 1025th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in Kievan Rus.
28 July 2013
Putin to visit Iran for nuclear talks: report
President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran in August to try and restart talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
25 July 2013
Russia condemned as Putin foe jailed for five years
A Russian court's decision to sentence protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony on fraud charges has prompted global concern.
19 July 2013
Russia-US ties 'more important' than Snowden scandal: Putin
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow's relations with Washington outweighed the "squabbles" over a spying scandal revealed by US fugitive Edward Snowden, who has applied for asylum in Russia.
17 July 2013
Russia puts Putin's opponents on trial
As a judge prepares to give his verdict Thursday in the fraud trial of Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny, a growing number of President Vladimir Putin's opponents are facing trial and the prospect of long prison terms.
16 July 2013
Putin says Snowden at Moscow airport, rejects extradition
Vladimir Putin has described US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden as " a free man," confirming that he is still in a Moscow airport transit zone and rejecting calls for his extradition to the United States.
26 June 2013
Defiant Putin sets himself up as G8 outsider
Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year.
18 June 2013
Putin foe Navalny nominated for Moscow mayor
Russia's top opposition figure Alexei Navalny faced the uphill battle of getting on the ballot for Moscow mayor on Saturday after being nominated for the post by other leaders of the country's nascent protest movement.
15 June 2013
Putin breaks Kremlin taboo by revealing break-up
President Vladimir Putin's carefully stage-managed announcement that he and his wife of 30 years were divorcing came as a true shock in Russia.
07 June 2013
Putin, Netanyahu set for talks on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria.
14 May 2013
Netanyahu to meet Putin over Syria missiles: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Russia later this month for talks that will include concerns Russia may be preparing to hand over to Syria advanced surface-to-air missiles.
11 May 2013
Obama tells Putin concerned over Syria chemical arms
President Barack Obama stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria on Monday, telling President Vladimir Putin of his concern about the reported use of chemical weapons by the Damascus regime.
30 April 2013
Putin urges cooperation with US, defends handling of economy
Vladimir Putin called for greater anti-terror cooperation with the US and defended his economic policies against a background of rising discontent, in the first nationwide phone-in of his new Kremlin term.
26 April 2013
Putin holds first nationwide phone-in of new Kremlin term
Vladimir Putin holds his first nationwide phone-in with Russians since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term against the background of protests.
25 April 2013
Obama, Putin cooperate on terror after Boston bombings
US President Barack Obama spoke to President Vladimir Putin on Friday and thanked him for Russia's anti-terror help after bomb attacks in Boston blamed on two men of Chechen origin.
20 April 2013
Trial of Putin foe begins, swiftly adjourned
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny Wednesday went on trial on charges he says were ordered by President Vladimir Putin but the process was swiftly adjourned to allow the defence more time to prepare.
17 April 2013
Putin unveils $50 bn drive for Russian space supremacy
President Vladimir Putin unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome.
12 April 2013
Merkel asks Putin to give NGOs in Russia a chance
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to "give a chance" to non-governmental organisations which she described as a "motor of innovation".
08 April 2013
Bloggers expose lavish lifestyles of Putin loyalists
Bloggers who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin are targeting top lawmakers loyal to the Kremlin with scandalous revelations about their luxury lifestyles.
16 March 2013
Pussy Riot case shows Putin weak: bandmember's husband
Pussy Riot icon Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is behind bars, but her husband is unbowed, saying the punk band's controversial case has exposed the weaknesses in Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule.
20 February 2013