Was ‘Putin’ snapped with Reagan?

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is strongly considering to become President again and swap places with present incumbent Dimitri Medvedev, which will allow the former KGB spy to remain in power till 2024. Putin insisted that swapping places with Medvedev was no more sinister than the Labour leadership agreement in which Gordon Brown took Tony Blair's job.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - Former President of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev has criticized Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for failing to fight corruption and for rolling back democracy in the country. Gorbachev attacked Putin in an exclusive interview to The Times over his failure to convict the killers of prominent Kremlin critics such as the journalist Anna Politkovskaya and the dissident spy Alexander Litvinenko.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, 56, showed off his toned torso as he indulged in a few outdoor pursuits in southern Siberia. The former head of the KGB secret service sported a large cross on a chain as he rode bare-chested through the rugged countryside.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has laughed off juicy allegations surrounding his private life by simply saying "I am no saint". The business tycoon's comments follow the release of audiotapes on the net, which purportedly reveal conversations between him and a prostitute, reports The Telegraph.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Besides Silvio Berlusconi and his alleged sexcapades, another mysterious element which emerged from the sex tapes was his reference to Putin's bed. The audiotapes of the Italian Prime Minister's alleged encounter with an escort girl at his Rome residence were posted on the Internet.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi's private life is again in the spotlight after audiotapes of the Italian Prime Minister's alleged encounter with an escort girl at his Rome residence were posted on the internet. The Italian daily La Repubblica and its sister weekly, L'Espresso, published bits and bobs of the alleged bedroom conversation between Berlusconi and Patrizia D'Addario, the woman whom his aides describe as a prostitute, reports The Times.

July 7th, 2009 MOSCOW - US President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow. Obama, on his first visit to Russia since becoming president, held extensive talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday, resulting in a framework agreement for a new strategic arms reduction treaty.

July 3rd, 2009 Putin responds to Obama's criticismMOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the U.S. president is wrong to suggest he remains mired in a Cold War mindset.

July 3rd, 2009 Spokesman: Obama wrong about Russian premier PutinMOSCOW — President Barack Obama was wrong to suggest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset and is sure to change his opinion when they meet next week in Moscow, Putin's spokesman said Friday. Obama said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press that Putin needs to understand "that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated, that it's time to move forward in a different direction." Obama said he believes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "understands that," but Putin "has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." Obama makes his first trip as U.S.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently visited a Moscow supermarket and pointed out that the sausages were too expensive. In an impromptu visit to a branch of supermarket chain Perekrestok, Putin expressed his annoyance with the high price of packet of sausages, The Telegraph reports.

June 2nd, 2009 Obama signs bill to create Reagan centennial panelWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed one for the Gipper. With the stroke of a pen Tuesday, Obama created the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, an 11-person panel that will plan and carry out activities to mark the 100th anniversary, in 2011, of the president's birth.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took a step further into the hearts of people after he mixed his vocals with those of a schoolgirl to sing a patriotic love duet. The poplar leader came to the rescue of the student at a girl's boarding school in Moscow after she stumbled while performing a famous wartime song, The Dugout.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Former US President Ronald Reagan believed that aliens were spying on Earth for decades and wanted to invade America, claims a new book. Reagan, who was President from 1981 to 1989, confided his fear to a pal, telling him that he had seen flying saucers three times, said author Darwin Porter.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Former US president Ronald Reagan tried to convert Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Christianity, a close aide to the late American leader has claimed. According to biography, The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan, by the former Los Angeles Times reporter James Mann, there was a secret exchange between the two leaders that left at least one official present convinced that Reagan had tried to persuade his counterpart of the existence of God.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Organisers of Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow have rejected Georgia's entry because it "pokes fun" at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Apparently, the disco-funk song, We Don't Wanna Put In, is controversial, and it is against the competition's rules to allow political content in entries.