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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Before Putin's reforms, the regions had controlled over 50 percent of the tax revenue and the governors have complained bitterly about their loss of control over these money flows.
Putin's hometown, the governor ordered his aides to prepare a fitness program for all 6,000 government workers!
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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President Vladimir Putin launched a crackdown in Chechnya, tightening up security at checkpoints and bulldozing buildings which had been used by terrorists.
President Vladimir Putin gave an upbeat end-of-year assessment Thursday highlighting economic growth as he faced the nation in a live broadcast that he used also to flatly rule out talks with separatists in Chechnya.
This decision was consistent with Putin's core foreign policies of integrating Russia more firmly into European life and serving as a bulwark against Islamic radicalism.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called in senior security chiefs and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov for crisis talks in the Kremlin and called off a trip today that would have taken him to Portugal and Berlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently claimed that Russia might support the war against terrorism by sending troops from Chechnya to fortify the former Soviet region.
Yesterday Russia President Vladimir Putin told Russians not to be ashamed of the fact that Russia is considered a raw stuff state in the world.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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But they said President Vladimir Putin would not allow the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein or Iran to become a US target in such a war.
Putin's step followed declarations by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac that they would do all they could to avert war.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Putin's approval rating has soared to unprecedented heights, registering at over 80 percent, and he seems an overwhelming favorite to win re-election in 2004.
Vladimir Putin only became an independent figure able to take decisions and bear the corresponding political responsibility after his inauguration as president on May 7, 2000.
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