Russia Casts Public Doubt On Iraqi Elections
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7 December 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting today with Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister that he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how free and fair elections could be held as planned in Iraq, given the fact that the country is under what Putin
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Russian citizens do not believe that Chechen presidential elections scheduled for Sunday will change the situation in the republic, shows an opinion survey conducted by the ROMIR independent research center.
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SOCHI. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Russia wants to help bring the situation in Iraq back to normal and restore order in the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Turkish journalists in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis, notably in restive Sunni Arab areas, may have been denied their right to vote on Sunday because of insufficient ballots and polling centers, officials said.
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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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ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia  - Chechens voted on Sunday  for a new president in a tense election, but many doubted the  Moscow-backed police officer who was set to win would manage to  stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.
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Russian regional elections seen as a  dress rehearsal for next year's presidential vote handed the  Kremlin's supporters a hefty majority and squeezed out its most  outspoken opponents, results showed on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence...
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As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he cannot imagine how Iraq could hold its elections (planned for next month) as long as the country remains under what he called foreign occupation.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry poured scorn on a U.S. court's conviction of one of its U.N. diplomats for money laundering, saying on Thursday it had grave doubts about the trial.
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Russia angrily denied allegations Thursday that Russian forces had smuggled a cache of high explosives out of Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion in March 2003.
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Foreign governments question Russia's stance on Sakhalin's key oil project as officials say they will review the scheme.
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The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart.
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Comments by Ukrainians and Russians Thursday on developments in Ukraine's disputed presidential election:
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Iraq&#39;s elections were thrown into renewed doubt only days after the interim government won international backing for its decision to hold the poll at the end of January.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his doubt that the Iraqi elections will be held at their due time. Putin said during his meeting with the Interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi that he