Russia registers three more political parties
June 5th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian justice ministry has registered three more political parties under new legislation enacted earlier this year by then-president Dmitry Medvedev following a wave of ... Read more...
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Putin, Obama discuss bilateral relations
May 10th, 2012 - 3:47 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama have discussed the prospects of development of bilateral relations and personal contacts.The two leaders ... Read more...
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Putin proposes Medvedev as prime minister
May 7th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) President Vladimir Putin proposed Dmitry Medvedev for the post of prime minister Monday, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said.Putin first put forward ... Read more...
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Putin returns to Kremlin amid protests (Lead)
May 7th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president Monday in a glittering Kremlin ceremony that took place less than 24 hours after protesters opposed to ... Read more...
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60 percent Russians say Putin victory fair: State poll
March 20th, 2012 - 2:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sixty percent of Russian voters believe the March 4 presidential elections which secured Vladimir Putin a third term in the Kremlin were "open and fair", ... Read more...
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Russian opposition to stage ‘March of the Millions’
March 18th, 2012 - 4:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian opposition has decided to stage -- March of the millions -- protest May 6 before the inauguration of president-elect Vladimir Putin.Members of the opposition, ... Read more...
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Vote fraud too small to make difference: Putin
March 8th, 2012 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin has said there might have been violations in the vote but they did not go beyond hundredths of ... 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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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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Putin denies early polls, will make Medvedev the premier (Lead)
March 2nd, 2012 - 8:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 2 (IANS) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ruled out Friday any possibility of holding early parliamentary elections but confirmed to make President Dmitry Medvedev the country's next premier, ... Read more...
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No plans for early parliamentary polls : Putin
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin Friday ruled out the possibility of holding early parliamentary elections in the country.Asked if he had plans ... Read more...
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Russians rally as Medvedev offers reforms
February 4th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over a hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold at two major rallies in Moscow Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalisation ... Read more...
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Russia’s election watch group complains of ‘Intimidation’
January 31st, 2012 - 4:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's largest independent election monitoring group said Monday of being pressured by the authorities ahead of presidential polls at which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is ... Read more...
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Ethnic tensions could destroy Russia, warns Putin
January 24th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned rising nationalism posed a threat to the country's future and called for a clampdown on "disrespectful" internal migrants."Attempts to ... Read more...
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Moscow officials ban anti-Putin march
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow authorities have dismissed a plan proposed by critics of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to hold a 50,000-strong march Feb 4.A group of opposition ... Read more...
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Nationalists plan 50,000-strong rally in Moscow
January 21st, 2012 - 2:13 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow authorities have received a request from Russian nationalist movements to authorise a rally for 50,000 people in the capital Feb 4, a deputy mayor ... Read more...
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Russia to invite 700 foreign monitors for presidential vote
January 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will invite up to 700 foreign observers to monitor the presidential election in March, double the number compared to the last poll in 2008, ... Read more...
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Putin says no to TV presidential debates
January 12th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will not take part in TV debates with rival candidates ahead of the March 4 presidential elections, his spokesman said ... Read more...
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Russian church urges Kremlin not to ignore vote protests
January 8th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The head of Russia's Orthodox Church has asked the country's leaders to listen to and act on the demands voiced at recent mass protests across ... 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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Protests over Russian ‘gay propaganda’ bill
December 27th, 2011 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Gay rights activists staged protests in the central Russian city of Kostroma Monday against plans to impose fines for the promotion of homosexuality.Last month, a ... Read more...
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Medvedev tells Obama about US criticism of Russian polls
December 18th, 2011 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington's comments over Russia's allegedly rigged parliamentary polls ... Read more...
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Russian billionaire Prokhorov to challenge Putin in presidential race
December 12th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- Russian billionaire tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov on Monday announced he will take part in next year's presidential election and challenge Vladimir Putin, who has been facing increasing pressure over ... Read more...
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Russian committee promises to investigate election complaints
December 12th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- The Russian Investigative Committee (SK) on Monday promised to investigate dozens of official complaints filed about this month's parliamentary elections after tens of thousands of people protested against ... Read more...
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Amnesty urges Russia to respect right to protest
December 9th, 2011 - 5:24 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Russian authorities "to respect the right to peaceful protests" ahead of rallies against alleged electoral fraud ... Read more...
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US encouraging Russian opposition, says Putin
December 8th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday accused the US authorities of sponsoring the opposition in Russia and urged harsher punishment for those acting on orders ... Read more...
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Don’t meddle in domestic affairs: Medvedev to foreign powers
December 7th, 2011 - 8:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia's political system is the country's own affair and not that of its foreign partners."If they observe elections, violations, ... Read more...
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Vote fraud charges require examination: Medvedev
December 7th, 2011 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Complaints of irregularities in Russia's parliamentary elections need to be investigated but videos purporting to show fraud were not incontestable proof of cheating, President Dmitry ... Read more...
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Key Russian websites hacked, down on election day
December 4th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Popular Russian media websites, the major LiveJournal social network and the website of the country's biggest independent election watchdog, were inaccessible for several hours ... Read more...
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Abdullah boycotts Afghan presidential runoff election (Lead)
November 1st, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 1 (DPA) Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah Sunday announced he would boycott a planned runoff election, saying that political conditions could not guarantee a fair process.
The former foreign minister's decision ... Read more...
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Afghans await results of tainted presidential election
October 17th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 17 (DPA) Afghan election officials were expected to announce later Saturday whether a runoff vote would be necessary in the disputed presidential election.
The results of the election have been ... Read more...
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Karzai questions credibility of UN vote fraud panel
October 14th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct.14 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has expressed concern about the investigation into election fraud in Afghanistan.In an interview on US TV, the BBC quoted Karzai, as saying that the ... Read more...
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Sacked US diplomat claims UN tried to gag him on Afghan vote fraud
October 5th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.5 (ANI): Peter Galbraith, the American diplomat fired from his senior United Nations post for quarrelling with his superior, claims he was told to keep quiet about fraud during the ... Read more...
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Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon
September 17th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): With accusations of vote fraud piling up around Afghanistan's presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai is unlikely to claim victory any time soon.At the very least, a national electoral ... Read more...
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EU renews call for Afghan vote fraud probe
September 10th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Sep 10 (DPA) The European Union Thursday said it backed a complete investigation into "allegations of fraud" in connection with the recent presidential elections in Afghanistan.
The EU said it supported the ... Read more...
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