Here in the heartland, Vladimir Putin’s revelation that he would take the presidency back from Dmitry Medvedev, essentially plucking the March election out of the hands of voters and installing himself as ruler for years to come, should have left the opposition more impotent than ever. Instead, its members have picked themselves up and gone into quiet rebellion, doing their best to pretend that imperious Moscow doesn’t exist. Read full article > >

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Here in the heartland, Vladimir Putin’s revelation that he would take the presidency back from Dmitry Medvedev, essentially plucking the March election out of the hands of voters and installing himself as ruler for years to come, should have left the opposition more impotent than ever. Instead, its members have picked themselves up and gone into quiet rebellion, doing their best to pretend that imperious Moscow doesn’t exist. Read full article > >

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Dmitry Medvedev says he decided not to run for a second term in office because Vladimir Putin is both more popular and more authoritative.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is sending an envoy to Libya Monday to meet with rebels trying to bring about an end to Moammar Gadhafi’s 42-year-rule, a move that comes after he called for the Libyan leader to step down.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promises journalists he will reveal whether or not he will stand for re-election in 2012 “soon”.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says voluntary “chemical castration” could be a possible punishment for child sex offenders.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses as “unacceptable” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s description of the UN resolution on Libya as a “crusade”.

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This article titled “Russian investigators uncover identity of Moscow bomber” was written by Gavriel Hollander, for The Observer on Sunday 30th January 2011 00.08 UTC

Russian investigators have said they now know the identity of the suicide bomber who claimed the lives of 35 people in an attack on Moscow’s busiest airport last Monday.

The attacker is a 20-year-old man from the unsettled Caucasus region in the south of the country. Islamist rebels have been battling to form an independent state in the region for several years.

Federal investigators have yet to name the man amid fears that it would damage efforts to arrest the masterminds behind the attack on Domodedovo airport. “It was no accident that the terrorist attack was carried out in the international arrivals hall,” the investigators said. “The terrorist attack was aimed first and foremost at foreign citizens.”

One Briton was killed in the blast, along with nationals from Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. A further 180 people were wounded. The British man was named earlier in the week as father Gordon Cousland. The 39-year-old businessman was to marry his fiancee, with whom he has a six-month-old daughter, in April.

President Dmitry Medvedev has criticised transport and police officials and promised tighter security checks. He said security had been in a “state of anarchy” prior to the attack.

Medvedev has sacked Andrei Alexeyev, the head of the transport police for Russia’s central region, as well as the police chief at the airport and two of his deputies. He has also ordered a criminal investigation into the security lapses that led to the attack.

The blast has cast doubts on Russia’s ability to attract foreign tourism and investment. It comes as the country is gearing up to host the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 World Cup.

Caucasus insurgents have claimed responsibility for a number of deadly attacks in Russia in recent years. In March 2010, rebels bombed the Moscow underground system, killing 40 people. One of two suicide bombers blew up a metro station directly underneath the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (known in Russia as the FSB) – the successor to the Soviet-era KGB.

“There is always a message,” said independent security analyst Pavel Felgenhauer. “If the message with the metro bombings was to show the FSB that they are not out of reach, then the message here is that foreigners should keep away from Russia, it’s a dangerous place. The point was to scare off foreigners, not to maybe kill them, but to hit Russia’s image [and] its economy.”

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev condemns those behind Monday’s bomb blast in Moscow during his opening speech at the World Economic Forum.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blames airport managers for “clear security breaches” and vows to hold them responsible for the deadly Moscow bombing.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev prepares to make his annual state of the nation address.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in the Kurils, defying Japan’s warnings not to visit the disputed islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to hold two days of talks with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev nominates Sergei Sobyanin, an aide to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as Moscow’s next mayor.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a one-day visit to Algeria with an eye on new telecoms and gas deals.

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