Putin in Denial

Putin on Parade

Testing Putin in Syria

Lucky Putin, Unlucky Yeltsin

The People Versus Putin

Vladimir Putin, Part Two

Endgame for Putin in Ukraine?

Getting to Yes with Putin

Putin of all the Russias

Putin u0027s Gold Medal War

What I Learned From Vladimir Putin

Will Vladimir Putin Bolster the Eurozone?

Why Putin Makes a Bad Ally

From People Power to Putin Power

Putin and Medvedev Teammates or Rivals?

The Two Faces of Vladimir Putin

Li Keqiang met with Russian President Putin.

What is Mr. Putin planning in Crimea?

Russia should be given a new chance, but only after Putin has departed. Russia is no enemy of the West Vladimir Putin is.

Russia's Putin sacks chief of staff Sergei Ivanov

His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation

Of course, if Medvedev actually meant what he says, he would be leading the opposition to the Russian state that Putin has built. But, since Putin put Medvedev in his job and can remove him anytime he pleases, Russia s president is not opposed to the ways of the Putin regime.

His Internet surfing, compassionate, and generally liberal image helps recruit a key constituency those beyond the reach of Putin himself to the Putin plan. Whether the plan succeeds is another matter.

Signs of Trouble in Ukraine Prompt Question What's Vladimir Putin Up To?

Mr Putin lashed out, accusing Ankara of stabbing Moscow in the back.

On being appointed, he told Mr Putin Thank you for your trust.

But that post was taken by another close Putin ally, Dmitry Medvedev.

The 75 of Russians who make up the Putin majority are essentially passive, and seek only the preservation of a paternalistic state. Putin can sit on their support, but cannot ride forward with it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unexpectedly dismissed his chief of staff Sergei Ivanov.

We need to help Kyrgyzstan, said Putin to Hu Jintao... in my dream.

Likewise, Putin should follow Finance Minister Anton Siluanov s sensible recommendation to cut public expenditure, including on social programs and the military, by 10 this year. But experience suggests that Putin is unlikely to do so.

Putin chose Medvedev carefully, and not only for his unquestionable loyalty, vitally important as that is. Putin, among other things, is a combative nationalist, and he wants Russia to succeed in a world of competing powers.

V. Putin President of the People's President of the Republic of China Russian Federation

Meanwhile, in Russia, the further the economy plunges, the more defiant Putin becomes. The great unanswered question is how long Putin will be able to rely on nationalist kitsch to overwhelm Russians rational calculation of their interests.

MOSCOW Prime Minister Vladimir Putin insists that Without normal democratic development Russia will have no future. We Russians are pleased to hear these enlightened words, yet Putin adds a but to his argument, which weakens it considerably.

Of course, Putin could withdraw his troops from eastern Ukraine, thereby spurring the United States and Europe to lift economic sanctions against Russia. But this would amount to admitting defeat something that Putin is not prone to do.

Li Keqiang first conveyed President Xi Jinping's sincere greetings and good wishes to President Putin.

But a lingering coolness emanating from Mr Putin showed that Russia's leader has forgotten nothing.

An aide to President Vladimir Putin, Igor Shuvalov, said that it was realistic to expect the appearance of a new person whom Putin would consider his potential successor. The statement hit like a bombshell, producing an explosion of comments.

In his first term, Putin appeared to be an authoritarian reformer, undertaking substantial market reforms, such as introducing a 13 flat income tax. But in his second term, Putin was simply authoritarian, undertaking no economic or social reforms worth mentioning.

Russian media claimed Putin has a new locally produced vehicle 15 cheaper than a Mercedes Benz

Putin welcomed Li Keqiang to Russia to attend the Prime Ministerial Meeting of SCO Member Countries.

Such an aggressive attitude benefits a country s foreign policy only up to a point one that Putin passed long ago. Initially, he acted as an able diplomat and accommodator, but since his Munich speech, Putin has begun uniting the West against Russia.

After a recent martial arts match between an American and a Russian, Putin, a judo enthusiast, stepped into the ring to congratulate the Russian victor, a member of his United Russia party. The audience screamed wildly, Putin, go home! until he did.

But, in a recent newspaper commentary, Putin raised a question that has surely occurred to others What were the regime s motives in using chemical weapons in the glare of international publicity? Putin suggested that the attack might have been provocation by Assad s opponents.