Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" on Wednesday for imposing stability that restored Russia as a world power. ...more

December 20, 2007

Vladimir Putin assured his political party Monday that Russia's age of Putin is far from over, pledging to accept an offer of the prime minister's post when he leaves the presidency next year. ...more

December 18, 2007

Dmitry Medvedev, who was just endorsed by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, turned around Tuesday and said he wants Putin to serve as prime minister after presidential elections next March. ...more

December 12, 2007

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he will support First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as president, ending years of speculation about his choice and all but ensuring his longtime associate and young protege will succeed him in the Kremlin next year. ...more

December 11, 2007

What's vitally important to understand here is Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Happiness Is A Warm Constituent, loves the PEOPLE, and that includes you and you and you and yes, even - you. ...more

December 11, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was in Washington on Tuesday to raise money and to see me. In a nondescript office building two blocks from the White House, Giuliani answered a wide range of questions on domestic and foreign policy. ...more

December 6, 2007

Russia began voting today in a parliamentary election in which the only question is whether President Vladimir Putin's party will win merely a strong majority of seats or a gargantuan, crushing share. ...more

December 2, 2007

Across Russia, officials loyal to the Kremlin have used unprecedented administrative pressure and harassment to disrupt the electoral campaigns of opposition parties and maximize the vote of United Russia, the party that President Vladimir Putin is leading into Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to opposition party members, independent monitors and political analysts. ...more

December 1, 2007

Dozens of members of a Russian opposition party and other activists were detained by police Sunday as they tried to gather for a protest rally in central St. Petersburg. ...more

November 26, 2007

Russian authorities arrested former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on Saturday and sentenced him to five days in prison after he helped lead a protest against President Vladimir Putin that ended in clashes with police. ...more

November 25, 2007