The slide has steepened Prime Minister Vladimir Putin began to criticise Russian coal miner Mechel two weeks ago.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to appeal directly to the people of Poland in an open letter.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - in Beijing for the Olympics - condemned what he called Tbilisi's act of aggression.
Rakhimov announced his retirement July 13 following a three-hour closed-door meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to STRATFOR sources.
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin got a birthday show from his young fans in Moscow and 14 other cities late Thursday.
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But what the discussion demonstrated was how the icy hand of Acting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin can reach even into Davos.
His name will now appear on the March 4 ballot alongside heavily favored candidate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and three others.
The move to extend the presidential term was widely seen as a step toward Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday visited a Volga village where all 341 homes were destroyed by flames, leaving 500 people homeless.
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev backed his prime minister Vladimir Putin to run for president for their United Russia arty in March 2012.
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Either current president Dmitry Medvedev, or former president and current prime minister Vladimir Putin will be elected president on March 4, 2012.
He had a bilateral meeting there not only with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said earlier in the day liquefied natural gas supplies to Japan should be stepped up if requested.
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Its success is widely seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his decisive action against Chechen rebels.
Medvedev also denied claims that he and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are at odds over how Russia should seek entry into the WTO.
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a strong signal Thursday that he has full hands-on control of his country.
Many believe that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his supporters orchestrated the rulings to keep Khodorkovsky, a potential political foe, locked up.
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She has also met Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as well as becoming a representative of a little-known asset management firm called FondsServiceBank, AFP reports.
When Russia banned grain exports in August, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made the announcement himself and outed his fear that Russians would starve.
Meanwhile, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized the United States for airlifting some 2, 000 Georgian troops from Iraq after they were recalled home.
He found little support from the peoples of Dagestan and instead spurred newly appointed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a new war against Chechnya.
Russia's parliamentary elections on Sunday are hardly a victory for moderate reformers, even though Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Unity Party came close to matching the Communists' vote.
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The president was responding to suggestions that he may be serving as a ceremonial facade while all the power remains with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the former president.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has voiced support in the past.
Mr Luzhkov considers Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is likely to become Russia's next leader in presidential elections, the more democratic face of the ruling duo in the Kremlin.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for sweeping tax reforms to boost investment-led growth, while pledging to keep the rouble stable without imposing any capital controls.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he had held peace talks with a high-level Chechen official several days ago, but they ended in failure, Interfax news agency reported.
The newspaper said the fake issue contained "funny stories about opposition politicians", with a front page story about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promising to prevent the end of the world.
In the studio, Navalny sat next to Evgeny Fedorov, a doughy, bespectacled member of the Duma and a fairly high-ranking member of United Russia, the political party led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, which today dominates Russia.
It was called to protest at the conduct of parliamentary elections on 4 December, which were seen as a test of the electoral system ahead of a presidential election in March that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is contesting.
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