RUSSIA:  Opposition Parties Face Hurdles
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MOSCOW, Sep 11 (IPS) - A presidential decree allowing political parties to  engage officially in public campaigns for parliamentary elections  has come into effect, but opposition parties fear they may not  get adequate access to media coverage.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament took its first step yesterday toward adopting President Vladimir Putin&#39;s overhaul of the country&#39;s political system, despite signs of popular
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For Russian opposition campaigner and  former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, even something as  simple as holding a meeting can be an obstacle course.
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Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Russia now, where President Vladimir Putin&#39;s announcement this week of a radical overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system has sparked concern about the future of democracy in the country.
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Ukraine's victorious opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has said it will take time to rebuild relations with Russia, which backed his presidential rival.
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MOSCOW, Dec 6 (IPS) - Notwithstanding accusations of vote manipulation  and intimidation of opposition groups, the Dec. 2 vote for the  state Duma has changed the political scenario in Russia: the  Kremlin-backed United Russia has parliamentary majority, both the  Communist and Liberal parties have strengthened their positions,  and the Social Democrats -- A Just Russia -- enter the Duma for  the first time.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin candidate won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces a struggle  controlling the warring region and subduing a resurgent  separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin's candidate has won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle  to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has  frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Ukraine's pro-West opposition insisted it would not accept reforms to strip much of the presidency's powers ahead of a rerun presidential election that its leader Viktor Yushchenko is hopeful he will win.
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Russia is unexpectedly opposing key parts of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, threatening international unity on how to handle Tehran's defiance, U.N. diplomats said Saturday.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin candidate won  Chechnya's presidential election but now faces a struggle to  keep the warring region under control and subdue a resurgent  separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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Opposition parties in Poland move to force early elections - but their plan still faces significant obstacles.
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Once again, the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a
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Russians voted Sunday in regional ballots marred by complaints that Kremlin opponents are increasingly sidelined ahead of national parliamentary elections in December and a vote to replace President Vladimir Putin next year.
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As political battles heat up, the Kremlin is accused of crippling the websites of opposition parties, as well as media outlets.
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KIEV, Nov 26 (IPS) - An orange sea of banners and scarfs of 'Our  Ukraine' opposition party challenges the white of  snow-covered Kiev. It reflects a growing sense that the country  is on the verge of making history, and no one seeking that change  wants to be left out.