President Vladimir Putin

... four to six years was part of a plan, triggered by the global financial crisis, for powerful former President Vladimir Putin to return to his old job. ...  

... may also be a way for former President Vladimir Putin to move back into the position, with an opportunity to stay there for 12 years this time around. ...  

PORTO ROTONDO, Sardinia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied reports he was planning to marry Russian Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, telling journalists to keep their "snotty noses" out of his private life. Media had reported that ...  

CNBC's Erin Burnett is on her way back from Russia today after taking "Street Signs" to Red Square. Burnett broadcast her 2pmET show from Moscow and it included a parade of business heavyweights including JP Morgan CEO Jeff Costello, Google Russia CEO Vladimir Dolgov, Prime Minister Vladimir...  

Correspondent Fred Weir explains why Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used to consider the constitution inviolable. Moscow - A series of constitutional ...  

The traditional direct line of Vladimir Putin with the nation, i.e. his TV intercourse with regions, is slated for December. This time, however, just a single TV company, VGTRK, will cover the event which format is of double interest. It isnt clear yet whether Putin will address the nation as...  

The agreement between then president Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was signed during the latter's last weeks in office, with Mr Schroeder ...  

The System of Complex New Analysis (SCAN) has shown that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is the most mention politician in the Russian media, Interfax reports. In the week of November 10-16, Medvedev was mentioned 1311 times by various political and financial news outlets. Prime Minister...  

An angry Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke in graphic terms about hanging Georgia's president during talks about a cease-fire to end the August war between the two countries, according to a French magazine ...  

Medvedev visiting a vegetable producer outside Moscow last Wednesday. The national projects, a state priority during Vladimir Putin's last years as president that catapulted Dmitry Medvedev into the Kremlin, ...  

Power is being consolidated in Russia, with the presidential term being extended from four years to six. And perhaps, all of this is just in time for Vladimir Putin to make his return as president of Russia--with the presidency regaining the powers it had under Putin, of course (much of those...  

Former Russian President and current Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has pledged to vote for the United Kingdom when his country hosts the Eurovision Song ...  

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin to discuss the conflict during a CIS summit in the Moldovan capital. ...  

Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, planned to topple the President of Georgia and "hang him by the balls", according to the chief adviser to ...  

The agreement between then president Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was signed during the latter's last weeks in office, with Mr Schroeder ...