Russia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to reverse Russia's demographic decline and boost its population to 154 million, as he ramped up his re-election campaign in the face of protests.  

Last Friday Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Colonel General Mikhail Sukhodolsky, police chief of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. Several years ago many expected him to replace Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, now – experts say ...  

Moscow, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighters involved in test flights will be increased from three to 14 by 2015, Russian Air Force commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin told RIA Novosti Monday. “There are three fighters already in tests, another three are expected to be tested in [...]  

A woman who set herself on fire in Moscow reportedly had tried suicide in the past, but some link her to recent protests against Vladimir Putin.A woman set herself on fire Sunday in front of the Moscow White House, the formal seat of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Russian government.  

MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling for more schools and financial incentives for larger families in an effort to boost the country's population. Putin, who is running for president, published his proposal to increase...  

Some 500 people braved bitter colds in the capital of Moldova’s breakaway Transdnestr region on Sunday to rally in support of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who is running for president in the 2012 presidential elections.  

Putin was presented with a glass container holding a yellowish liquid with the inscription "Lake Vostok, aged more than 1 million years," from Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yury Trutnev on Friday. Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ...  

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has abused his “administrative resource” in the presidential campaign, Interfax reported, citing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Observers from PACE have met four candidates for the Russian ...  

European election observers say that presidential hopefuls running against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin face "biased" reports by Kremlin-controlled media and constant government pressure. Tiny Cox, who heads the Council of Europe mission to Russia, said ...  

19:42 09/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines, the Yury Dolgoruky and the Alexander Nevsky, will be put into operation in the summer, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Thursday. The Yury Dolgoruky ...  

MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's inability to change the Kremlin's political system might prompt more massive anti-government protests.  

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists. Russian scientists said this week ...  

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency quoted the officer's wife, Irina, as saying she could not understand ... Earlier this week, Putin's protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, praised the Federal Security Service for exposing 41 foreign intelligence ...  

"Calculations for such a tax maneuver are being made now ... MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti)-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set out his agenda for the future of Russian business on Thursday at a meeting with entrepreneurs, promising less regulation ...  

MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday reducing the number of days Russians have off for New Year's and Christmas and shift them to May. Putin proposed cutting off the New Year's holidays, normally celebrated...