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Mr Berlusconi said in 2009 that he helped resolve the conflict between Russia and Georgia by talking to Vladimir Putin on the phone and sending "the good Nicolas Sarkozy, who was my advocate some years ago" to talk to Dmitri Medvedev.
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President Vladimir Putin has been talking nicely to Georgia recently, but there are no signs yet of deeds to match.
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Mr Putin has recently been talking to China about co-operating on another, larger plane.
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Just this morning, President Putin is in the newspapers talking about wanting to work with the West in new ways.
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As prime minister, Mr Putin enhanced his reputation by talking and acting tough in his dealings with the territory, but a solution has so far eluded him.
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He is cautious when talking of Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin.
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Putin said that while he was in favor with talking with opposition leaders, he would decide on the format.
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But he did make an interesting observation -- I mean Putin in this case -- when he was talking to his supporters.
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Indeed, the dismissal came on the same day that Irina Khakamada, an opposition candidate, said that she and several others were talking about jointly withdrawing from the March 14th poll in protest at pro-Putin bias in the media and by the election authorities.
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Last week at the Russia Calling conference in Moscow, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told a gathering of more than 2, 000 attendees that the government was still talking with leading businesses in the country to gauge whether joining the WTO is worth it.
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