Maria Tsvetkova

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a six-year term as Russia's president in an election on Sunday, exit polls showed.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian riot police detained more than 500 protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday at rallies challenging the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Before officials could sign off on the vote tally at Moscow polling station No. 81 in December's parliamentary poll, the local election commission chief had disappeared with the ballots, they said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's answer to Paris Hilton has emerged as a surprise critic of Vladimir Putin in a protest movement that has pitted the wealthy socialite against the man her father once mentored.

Russia's Paris Hilton becomes Putin critic

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will win about two thirds of the vote in Russia's presidential election, avoiding a humiliating second round run-off in his bid to extend his rule by another six years, the last major poll before the vote showed on Friday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will reclaim the Kremlin's top job by winning two thirds of the vote in a March presidential election but Russia's alpha-dog leader will face growing animus against his rule, the last major poll before the vote showed on Friday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will reclaim the Kremlin's top job by winning two thirds of the vote in a March presidential election but Russia's alpha-dog leader may face growing resentment against his rule, the last major poll before the vote showed on Friday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian radio station critical of the Kremlin is facing a shakeup of its board of directors that its editor said on Tuesday appeared aimed at putting pressure on it to take a more positive approach to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said he would not plunge Russia into stagnation in a third presidential term but offered stability for what he warned would be a long and painful period of global turbulence.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - For one evening last week, Fox News was among Russian television's best sources of information on the swell of protest in Moscow against alleged fraud in a parliamentary election that handed victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will portray himself in a marathon television phone-in as a man in touch with his country despite nationwide weekend protests and, according to a close aide, he will not skirt difficult questions.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Longtime Russian parliament speaker Boris Gryzlov, the day-to-day head of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party, said on Wednesday he would not take his seat in the State Duma lower house elected last week.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Artyom Kolpakov used to shrug when he came across occasional appeals on social media sites to protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his government.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Artyom Kolpakov used to shrug when he came across occasional appeals on social media sites to protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his government.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several thousand people protested in central Moscow on Monday against what they said was a fraudulent parliamentary election, shouting "Revolution!" and calling for an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian voters have sent Vladimir Putin a clear message that he must do more to keep them happy if he wants to extend his domination of the country for another 12 years.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian voters have sent Vladimir Putin a clear message that he must do more to keep them happy if he wants to extend his domination of the country for another 12 years.