VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Russia Prime Minister Putin said there were problems with arms talks aimed at finalizing a new strategic arms reduction deal. Is it a hardball tactic or a bid to derail the negotiations altogether?
The rare Siberian tiger tranquilized and collared by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year is a live and well after giving birth, Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, told Interfax late Wednesday.
Russian pensioners who will have 46 percent more money in 2010 than this year will provide a much needed boost for the flagging economy as they spend, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Russia moved closer to securing long-term Western support for its struggling car industry on Tuesday as the government prepared for crunch talks with Renault and Daimler considered raising its stake in truck maker Kamaz.
Novo-Ogarevo, Russia — Slovenia signed an agreement on Saturday for the massive South Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe to pass through the country.
Moscow — Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger — posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022.
Wladimir Putin war bekanntlich bis zum Mauerfall als KGB-Offizier in Dresden stationiert. In einem Interview sagte er anlässlich des 20. Jahrestages des Mauerfalls am Montag, dass er mit einer gewissen Nostalgie an seine Zeit in der DDR zurückdenkt.
HB MOSKAU. Wladimir Putin denkt nach eigenen Worten mit einer gewissen Nostalgie an seine Zeit in der DDR: „Ich erinnere mich noch heute an die Wärme und Herzlichkeit (in Ostdeutschland)“, sagte Putin in einem vorab veröffentlichten Interview mit dem russischen Fernsehsender NTW, das am Sonntagabend ausgestrahlt werden sollte. Deutschland habe sich aber nach der Wiedervereinigung gut entwickelt, und die Beziehungen des Landes mit Russland stünden auf einer guten und neuen Basis, unterstrich der Ex-Kremlchef. „Insofern ist ein Gefühl der Nostalgie zweitrangig.“
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hinted the battle for carmaker Opel was not over, saying it was the trust overseeing Opel, not the board of General Motors, its parent, that should decide any further steps.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, on Wednesday called for sweeping curbs on state corporations that control swathes of the economy, declaring that many should be closed.
It is ever harder to tell when a Russian leader is on message, off message, or even if there is a message. On a host of issues such as Iran sanctions, US missile defence and entry to the World Trade Organisation, there is a growing perception that the Kremlin either can’t make up its mind or is playing an elaborate game of pretending that it can’t.
Silvio Berlusconi was accused of spurning a chance to help the Middle East peace process last night after apparently snubbing the King of Jordan in favour of a party with his old friend Vladimir Putin.
Bei der Suche nach einem Weg aus der Wirtschaftskrise zieht Russlands Führung alle Register: Premier Putin versprach bei einem Empfang hochrangigen deutschen Managern, ihre Arbeit vorbehaltlos zu unterstützen. Gleichzeitig trommelte Präsident Medwedjew 30 russische Oligarchen im Kreml zusammen, um sie für die Diversifizierung der rohstofflastigen Wirtschaft in die Pflicht zu nehmen.
With the opening of its first complete car plant in Russia, VW has upped its commitment to one of the world's most promising automotive markets.
Il leader Pd ironizza sulla visita 'privata' del premier al grande amico Vladimir. La parentesi pietroburghese durerà tre giorni.
MOSCOW — Until recently, Aleksandr Y. Khochinsky occupied a special niche in this capital, known as much for its corruption as for its wealth. He was an antiquarian who specialized in providing high-class grease for the best-connected palms in the government and other high-level circles.
Il premio Nobel per la pace al Festival per «Popieluszko», il film sul prete di Solidamosc ucciso 25 anni fa. Per Walesa mezz'ora di red carpet, proprio come l'acclamato George Clooney.
Russia was and still is a massive energy provider, but there is a problem of making it a more competitive country, says Marshall Goldman, an analyst on the economy of the former Soviet Union and Russia.
The Obama administration's foreign-policy goodwill has yet to be repaid in kind.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was elated a month ago when the Russian president said sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program could become «inevitable.» Washington's reaction may have been significantly premature.
Former leader Mikhail Gorbachev and others are outraged after last week's elections, which only 3 percent of Russians believed were fair, according to a poll.
