Russia allows NATO to use air base
June 30th, 2012 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian has given the approval for the US and its NATO allies to use a Russian air base in Ulyanovsk city as a hub for ... Read more...
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Russian presidential polls not fair: Candidate
March 5th, 2012 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, whom exit polls placed second after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the presidential elections held Sunday, called the vote "unfair, ... Read more...
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Putin to win polls in first round: Exit poll
March 5th, 2012 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got 58.3 percent of the vote at Sunday's presidential elections in Russia which was enough for victory, a state-run exit ... Read more...
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Russian opposition needs two years to challenge Putin
January 7th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The opposition in Russia will only be able to put forward a presidential candidate popular enough to challenge Vladimir Putin "in one and half or ... Read more...
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Medvedev urges United Russia to ensure Putin wins
December 18th, 2011 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that the United Russia party's main task is to make Vladimir Putin a "worthy" winner of the 2012 presidential ... Read more...
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Putin’s United Russia Party wins regional elections
March 14th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Mar.14 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party scored a resounding win in regional elections that serve as a test run for the December parliamentary elections and next ... Read more...
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Russian election was not fair, says Western observer
March 3rd, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Moscow, March 3 (DPA) Dmitry Medvedev's landslide win to succeed President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin was "neither free nor fair," the chief of the sole Western election observer mission said Monday. ... Read more...
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Medvedev wins Russian presidential elections
March 3rd, 2008 - 9:20 am ICT by admin
Xinhua
Moscow, March 3 (Xinhua) Dmitry Medvedev has won the Russian presidential elections by a landslide, according to official figures released Monday. Medvedev secured an overwhelming victory by gaining 69.9 percent of the ... Read more...
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Chronology of Russia’s presidential elections
March 2nd, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Moscow, March 2 (Xinhua) Russians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president from among four candidates, the fifth presidential election since the presidential system was established in the country ... Read more...
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Russia’s presidential race has barest semblance of free vote
March 1st, 2008 - 9:41 am ICT by admin
By Alissa de Carbonnel
Moscow, March 1 (DPA) Russia has a healthy political system at first glance at the political poles represented in the upcoming presidential elections. There is the Communist Party headed ... Read more...
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Opinion poll gives Medvedev huge lead in Russian presidential race
February 18th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, Feb 18 (RIA Novosti) An opinion poll has indicated that 69.9 percent of voters intend to vote for Kremlin-backed Dmitry Medvedev in Russia's March 2 presidential elections, the state-run VTsIOM ... Read more...
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