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Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov said on Monday he would run for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin next March, weeks after falling out with the Kremlin over his abortive leadership of a small pro-business party.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States of encouraging protests over Russia's parliamentary election and said hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign funds were used to influence the vote.

A state-TV exit poll indicates a sharp drop in support for Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in parliamentary elections, down to 48.5% from 64% in 2007.

The prime minister sternly warns the West not to interfere in Russia's elections.

Twenty years later, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says the U.S. should have backed perestroika and that Vladimir Putin is dragging Russia backward.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday proposed Vladimir Putin as presidential candidate for 2012, almost certainly gua

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated that he won't stand against Vladimir Putin in presidential elections next year, though he said that he wants a second term.

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sentenced to six more years in prison Thursday following a trial seen as payback for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's power.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2009. Last year's winner was then-President-elect Barack Obama. The 2007 winner was Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

As part of his annual town hall forum, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke for four hours and didn't rule out running for the presidency again in 2012.