Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 26 announced the possibility that he would freeze his country's commitments under a key treaty limiting military buildup in Europe. In between words of praise for Russia's economic and political achievements, Putin used his annual state-of-the-nation address to level an unambiguous warning to the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says foreign money is being used to meddle in Russian domestic politics. Putin made his comments during his annual state-of-the-nation speech to both houses of Russia's parliament. He did not name any specific countries.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin today delivered the last scheduled national address of his second presidential term. In his speech, Putin outlined his vision of the future of Russia.

Russian officials and foreign dignitaries are paying their last respects to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin at a funeral mass in Moscow. The Russian Orthodox mass was held in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was the handpicked successor of Boris Yeltsin. And yet, on the surface, the two men could not be more different. In August 1999, then Russian President Boris Yeltsin picked an undistinguished bureaucrat, Vladimir Putin, to be prime minister.

The Kremlin today dismissed recent opposition rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg as "extremely marginal." Speaking on state-run television station Russia today, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said that foreign media had exaggerated the police crackdown on the April 14-15 rallies, although he said there had been some "overreaction" by the police.

Rallies in St. Petersburg and Moscow saw some of the largest displays of police force used against the political opposition since President Vladimir Putin took office seven years ago.

The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office has renewed an extradition bid for tycoon Boris Berezovsky following his call for the overthrow of President Vladimir Putin. Prosecutor-General Yury Chaika today said he sent a request to Britain's Home Office asking for the extradition of Berezovsky to Russia and the revocation of his political asylum status in Britain.

Russian authorities have filed new charges against exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky and have again called on Britain to extradite him, after he urged an overthrow of President Vladimir Putin.

Self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky says he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the British daily "The Guardian," Berezovsky, who has political asylum in Britain, said it is not possible to change the regime in Russia "without force, pressure." Asked if he is effectively fomenting a revolution, Berezovsky answered, "You are absolutely correct."

For many months, Russia's domestic politics have revolved around one basic but tantalizing question: Will Vladimir Putin leave office after presidential elections in March 2008? Now, Putin's rumored third term looks set to become the central issue of another key vote -- the ballot for the State Duma in December 2007.

Recent television images of Russian President Vladimir Putin have shown him lighting candles at the Vatican and praying on the edge of the Jordan River.