Resurgent Russia on Parade
TIME - May 9, 2008
The procession of firepower was designed to show that Putin's eight years as president has revived Russia's mighty Armed Forces, and with it Russia's ...

Kosovo's Curse
TIME - May 9, 2008
Russia's ex-President Vladimir Putin, who provided critical backing for Serbia in its fight against Kosovo's independence, recently sent Kostunica a letter ...

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Russia: Putin Confirmed as PM
TIME - May 8, 2008
(MOSCOW) — Loyal lawmakers confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister Thursday, capping a carefully engineered recast of Russia's leadership a day after he ...

Despite Dissolution, USSR Domain In For Sale
TIME - Apr 21, 2008
The group loyally praises President Vladimir Putin at "nashi.su," though it denies its choice of the ".su" domain was meant to send a political message. ...

Bush's Last Gasp at Diplomacy
TIME - Apr 17, 2008
Talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace, North Korean nuclear weapons and missile defense cooperation with Russia are all foundering, threatening chances for a ...

Putin's New Role: Soviet Echoes
TIME - Apr 15, 2008
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday graciously accepted his nomination as chairman of the United Russia (UR) party that dominates Russia's legislature, ...

Putin Accepts Leadership of Party
TIME - Apr 15, 2008
Becoming head of United Russia will enhance Putin's power base in the lower house of Russia's parliament, where the party holds a two-thirds majority. ...

Sunset for the Bush-Putin Era
TIME - Apr 7, 2008
Putin (L) and Bush try to put an amicable face on tense ties in their last meeting as heads of state. In a Russia where he has brought most things under his ...

Bush, Putin Begin Farewell Talks
TIME - 17 hours ago
(SOCHI, Russia) — President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened suspenseful farewell talks Saturday as the White House dropped hopes they would ...

Bush, Putin at Odds on Way Out the Door
TIME - Apr 3, 2008
Putin leaves office next month. In Bucharest on Friday and the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday and Sunday, Bush will meet Putin amid new ...

NATO Spurns New Members
TIME - Apr 3, 2008
The blockage, of course, stems from Russia, which has forcefully opposed its neighbors' NATO ambitions, however resolutely they've been supported by US ...

NATO: Still a Sore Point With Putin
TIME - Apr 2, 2008
Wednesday's NATO summit in Bucharest may be remarkable for the presence of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, leader of the power against whose precursor ...

Bush Supports Ukraine to Join NATO
TIME - Apr 1, 2008
"As a matter of fact, I told President Putin that in my phone call to him recently." Bush and Putin are meeting Sunday in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi ...

Postcard: Bhutan
TIME - Mar 28, 2008
The growing Southwest tries to do more while drinking less In Putin's Russia, where the government faces almost no opposition, one tabloid is crusading ...

Possible US-Russia Missile Deal
TIME - Mar 28, 2008
Putin steps down as president in May, and Bush leaves office in January. The document would also list the trouble spots, among them the independence of ...

Bush, Putin to Meet on Missile-Defense
TIME - Mar 26, 2008
It will likely be the last between Bush and the Russian leader before Putin leaves office. Putin's successor as Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, ...

France Set to Trim Back Nuclear Arsenal
TIME - Mar 21, 2008
Russia, which is a signatory to the test ban treaty, welcomed the idea, saying it was similar to a call made by President Vladimir Putin in October. ...

Russia Says 'Nyet' to US Missile Defense
TIME - Mar 18, 2008
During a brief greeting witnessed by reporters Monday, Putin did not mention US plans for the missile shield, a marked contrast from his vehement opposition ...

Curing the 'Dutch Disease.'
TIME - Mar 13, 2008
Skeptics of the Dutch disease's demise point to Russia as the most prominent example of a hugely endowed country making bad choices. ...

Postcard: Moscow
TIME - Mar 13, 2008
... that will make the next day's issue of a newspaper in a very dangerous business--being the most strident voice of opposition in Vladimir Putin's Russia. ...

Medvedev Moves to Kremlin Early
TIME - Mar 13, 2008
The popular Putin is set to become his prime minister, prompting widespread speculation about who will really hold Russia's reins. ...

Russia Slams US Report as Biased
TIME - Mar 13, 2008
The US report, released Tuesday, said that centralization of power in President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin, corruption, selective law enforcement and onerous ...

NATO to Discuss Balkans, Afghanistan
TIME - Mar 6, 2008
NATO spokesman James Appathurai stressed Russia did not have the right to veto any expansion of the alliance to include its former Soviet neighbors. ...

Voting and Insanity in Russia
TIME - Mar 3, 2008
Putin may be increasingly authoritarian, but thanks to the massive windfall Russia earned from surging oil prices over his eight years in office, ...

Analysis: Why Putin Will Still Run Russia
TIME - Mar 3, 2008
In mid-December, Vladimir Putin settled Russia's succession question by declaring his support for Dmitri Medvedev, a deputy prime minister and former Putin ...

Putin, Medvedev Pledge Unified Path
TIME - Mar 2, 2008
(MOSCOW)—Dmitry Medvedev, the man Vladimir Putin hand-picked to be his successor, scored a crushing victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday, ...

Putin's Chosen Successor Leading Polls
TIME - Mar 2, 2008
(Moscow) — Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor Dmitry Medvedev was cruising to an easy victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday, a result expected ...

Ghosts of Kosovo
TIME - Feb 29, 2008
Rioters set the US embassy on fire; Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed never to recognize Kosovo and threatened to support secessionist movements in ...

Bush Says New Russian Leader a Mystery
TIME - Feb 28, 2008
He said he, too, was eager for insights into "how Russia intends to conduct foreign policy after Vladimir Putin's presidency. ...

Why Kosovo Divides Europe
TIME - Feb 19, 2008
Russia is invested on the Serbian side both for strategic and fraternal reasons. Wary of national claims in the Caucuses and elsewhere, Russian President ...