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Alexandr Podrabinek

This article was criticized by Nashi, a nationalist youth movement that began under former Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia–Ukraine relations

On 11 August 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted a videoblog on the Kremlin.ru website, and the official Kremlin LiveJournal blog, in which he attacked Viktor Yushchenko, for what Medvedev claims is the Ukrainian President's responsibility in the souring of Russia–Ukraine relations and "the anti-Russian position of the current Ukrainian authorities".

Russian Post

The agreement, which was signed along with their technology supplier Selex, was sealed at a trade summit in Trieste during an official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, following up earlier agreements between the three companies.

Submarine incident off Kildin Island

A meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Russian president Boris Yeltsin was arranged immediately.

Vladimir Palikhata

Guests of honor at the event included Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Advisor to the Russian President Arkady Dvorkovich, People’s Artist of Russia actor and director Stanislav Govorukhin, movie director Yuli Gusman, former lawmaker and radio host Alexei Mitrofanov, politician and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and other notable persons.


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Collective Security Treaty Organization

The Belarusian President defended himself against this criticism by citing former Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation of Askar Akayev to Russia after he was ousted as President of Kyrgyzstan during the 2005 Tulip Revolution.

Hermitage Capital Management

Although the fund's founder William Browder was a supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in November of 2005 he was blacklisted by the Russian government as a "threat to national security" and denied entry to the country.

Iraq–Russia relations

On 7 December 2004 Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and both countries pledged to cooperate on terrorism and to strengthen ties.

Kristina Orbakaitė

She also received the award of "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Makedonia Palace

The hotel has also hosted many Greek and international celebrities, like Russian president Vladimir Putin, Chuck Norris, Faye Dunaway, Colin Farrell and Catherine Deneuve, during their stay in the city.

Maureen Orth

Among the heads of state she has interviewed are Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Argentinian President Carlos Menem, and Irish President Mary Robinson.

Patricia Cloherty

On 17 March 2008 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding Cloherty the Order of Friendship for her contribution to the development of Russian business and for strengthening friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

Paul Joyal

A critic of the administration of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in late February 2007 Joyal told Dateline NBC that the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko served as a warning to all critics of the Putin government.

RAF Menwith Hill

During the 2009 G-20 London Summit NSA intercept specialists based at Menwith Hill attempted to target and decode the encrypted telephone calls of the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

Russian deep submergence rescue vehicle AS-28

On August 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov to fly to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to oversee the rescue operation, which was under the command of the Commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Admiral Viktor Fedorov.

South Stream

Russian President (then First Deputy Prime Minister) Dmitry Medvedev and former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány have stated that there is no contradiction between South Stream and the Nabucco pipeline project, designated to bring Caspian (Azerbaijani) gas to Southern and Central Europe via Turkey.

Ukrainian cruiser Ukrayina

In April 2010, sources from the Russian defense committee claimed that Russia had plans to buy the unfinished cruiser from Ukraine and in May 2010, after talks with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in Kiev, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych stated that they had come to an agreement to finish the ship together.

You are a Supermodel

Cycle two was held exactly one year after the first one and saw victory for Svetlana Sergienko, who was asked by Russian president Vladimir Putin to join the parliament as a representative for the growing modeling industry in Russia.

Yumashev

Tatyana Yumasheva (b. 1960), daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin