Russian election commission declares Putin winner
March 8th, 2012 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has certified Vladimir Putin's victory in the March 4 presidential polls.Putin won a landslide victory with 63.6 percent of the ... Read more...
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Putin wins presidential polls with 64 percent of votes (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election with about 64 percent of the votes, the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) announced Monday.CEC Chairman ... Read more...
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Russia votes as Putin seeks Kremlin return (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russians voted Sunday to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin bidding to return to ... Read more...
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Russians head for polls to elect new president
March 4th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russians started voting Sunday to elect their president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, the first in which the president will ... Read more...
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Over 380,000 policemen for Russia’s election day
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 380,000 police officers, about 30,000 voluntary police helpers and some 31,000 private guards will ensure order in Russia Sunday, when the country elects its ... Read more...
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Russians head for polls to elect new president (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russians started voting Sunday to elect the country's president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, the first in which the president will ... Read more...
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Russia enters ‘day of silence’
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia entered Saturday into the so-called 'day of silence', a day ahead of presidential elections, when any form of election propaganda is prohibited.Election campaign billboards, ... Read more...
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Putin top campaign spender
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was the top spender in this presidential campaign with 368 million rubles ($12 million), according to financial statements by candidates ... Read more...
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700 observers to monitor Russian presidential poll
March 1st, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 700 international observers will arrive in Russia to monitor the March 4 presidential elections, a top election official said Thursday.Currently, 667 international observers are ... Read more...
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Poll predicts first round victory for Putin
February 21st, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will win the March 4 presidential election with over 58 percent of the vote in the first round, according to ... Read more...
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Russian billionaire Prokhorov joins presidential race
January 26th, 2012 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 26 (IANS) Russian Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has become the latest candidate to join the country's presidential race, Xinhua reported.The Central Election Commission Wednesday approved his candidacy.It has approved ... Read more...
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Support for Putin on the rise, survey shows
January 13th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Support for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the presidency has grown by six percentage points to 48 percent in the past few weeks, state-run ... Read more...
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Putin registered as presidential candidate
December 20th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Central Election Commission registered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate Tuesday for elections March 4, 2012, RIA Novosti reported.Putin, who is likely ... Read more...
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Putin files papers for presidential bid
December 8th, 2011 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has submitted his documents to be officially registered as a candidate for the March 2012 presidential elections.In line with Russian ... Read more...
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Russian presidential polls March 4
July 22nd, 2011 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's presidential elections will be held March 4, 2012, a top official has said.Central Election Committee member Maya Grishina made the announcement Thursday.President Dmitry Medvedev ... Read more...
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Putin, Medvedev may name third candidate for president
July 5th, 2011 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may propose another candidate for the presidential elections in 2012, an official said."There are three equal ... Read more...
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China for joint efforts with Russia on global challenges
October 19th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 19 (IANS) Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday said China and Russia should make joint efforts to achieve common development and combat global challenges.At a meeting with Chairman of the Russian ... Read more...
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US will give up missile shield plans: Russian speaker
July 5th, 2009 - 4:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (RIA Novosti) The speaker of Russian parliament's upper house has hoped that the US could give up its plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and Czech ... Read more...
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Medieval leader voted Russia’s symbol, Stalin comes third
December 29th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 29 (RIA Novosti) Medieval prince Alexander Nevsky was chosen as Russia's symbol in a nationwide television vote, which also voted former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as the third greatest Russian ... Read more...
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Russian parliament approves extension of presidential terms
December 22nd, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 22 (RIA Novosti) All of Russia's 83 regions have approved Constitutional amendments to extend presidential and parliamentary terms, the upper house of the country's parliament said in a resolution Monday.In ... Read more...
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Russia likely to recognise Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia
August 21st, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 21 (ANI): A fresh confrontation between Moscow and the West was looming after Russia announced that it was preparing to recognise the independence of the two Georgian breakaway regions ... Read more...
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Abkhahzia to appeal to Russia for recognition
August 20th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Valdikavkaz (Russia), Aug 20 (DPA) Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia will send a formal appeal with Moscow to be recognized as an independent state, the parliamentary speaker for the autonomous region ... Read more...
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