Putin&#39;s Counter-Reformation
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Nobody in Russia seems to know how scrapping the popular vote in regional elections can help Russia&#39;s war against terrorism. ULYANOVSK, Russia--In the aftermath of the Beslan tragedy, Russians were expecting
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MOSCOW - In the aftermath of a wave of terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced fundamental political changes that will further concentrate power in the Kremlin and erode Russia&#39;s fragile democracy.
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On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the biggest shake-up of Russia&#39;s political system since its 1993 adoption of a post-Soviet constitution, drawing heaps of scorn from both the Russian and international press.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to strengthen his grip on the country by nominating governors and eliminating individual races in State Duma elections appears to contradict only the spirit
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, was accused yesterday of exploiting the fight against terrorism to strengthen his already iron grip on power.
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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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The "strong" Russian state President Vladimir Putin is attempting to create conceals within itself weaknesses that are potentially far greater and more threatening to the future development of the country than ...
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The president who said he looked into Vladimir Putin's soul three years ago and liked what he saw may take a dimmer view of the Russian president now. How to deal with the increasingly authoritarian leader is giving the Bush administration a second-term headache.
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For Russians, the Kremlin&#39;s initial response to last Tuesday&#39;s nearly simultaneous plane crashes seemed all too familiar: another example of President Vladimir Putin&#39;s state of denial over the unflattering reality of the war in Chechnya.
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&quot;In his meeting today with the Vice-President of India and later with the leader of Opposition, President Putin categorically rejected the interpretation given by some newspaper reports on his remarks yesterday about veto powers in an expanded Security
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If some governments resemble stodgy men's clubs, Vladimir Putin's has started to look like a family affair since a Cabinet shakeup this month that left two pairs of close relatives serving in top posts.
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RUSSIAN ON-LINE NEWSPAPER - Questions are mounting about whether Putin&#39;s policies - not only in Chechnya but also the power consolidation drive to stamp out opposition and public debate - are exacerbating the terrorist threat.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized upon the Beslan school tragedy to chip away even further at Russia&#39;s democracy. But instead of strengthening his own power, it&#39;s possible that his
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a radical overhaul of state bodies in response to recent attacks.
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President Vladimir Putin's plans to shake up Russia's political scene sailed through the State Duma lower house of parliament on Friday, with deputies giving short shrift to U.S. concerns about a roll-back of democracy.
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Russian papers take a cynical view of US criticisms of President Putin's planned security reforms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who openly backed Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s rival for president of the Ukraine, said in an abrupt reversal Tuesday that he could work with an administration headed by the pro-Western candidate.