No fair elections in Russia: opposition challenger
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The only outspoken Kremlin critic in Russia's presidential election next month said on Monday the vote could not be fair because the country was run by "thieves".
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Russia's Central Election Commission bars opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov from running for president.
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Western election observers on Tuesday  rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election  chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier  than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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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's opposition pledges to go ahead with a Moscow protest against President Putin despite a ban.
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Ukraine's Western-leaning opposition leader warned of massive fraud aimed at handing victory to his pro-Russian rival in this weekend's presidential vote as Washington urged Kiev to respect democracy.
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Western election observers on Tuesday rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for his presidential bid, a step that could pave the way for his disqualification from the election.
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Ukraine's opposition on Thursday takes its campaign to overturn a presidential election result they say was tainted by fraud to the railways and the shop floor by trying to organize a country-wide strike.
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The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaderâs application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlinâs favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged.
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Russia's election authorities barred  Kremlin opponent Mikhail Kasyanov on Sunday from taking part in  a March election to find a successor to President Vladimir  Putin.
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UKRAINEâS opposition, scenting victory in the re-run elections this month, has rejected a compromise deal with the Russian-backed Government that would dilute the new presidentâs powers.
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Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Russian prime minister and vocal Kremlin critic who is mounting a campaign for Russia's presidential election in March, said Wednesday that he will only run if the authorities provide guarantees of a fair vote.
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Armenia's main opposition candidate alleged widespread violations in a presidential election Tuesday shadowed by tension with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 25 -- Created by the Kremlin just last year and anticipating a bright future, the political party Fair Russia was designed to be the junior partner in a "two-party system" in which everyone pledges fealty to President Vladimir Putin. But with Dec. 2 parliamentary elections imminent, the...
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Russia's election authorities barred Kremlin opponent Mikhail Kasyanov on Sunday from taking part in a March election to find a successor to President Vladimir Putin.
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KIEV - Ukraineâs hotly contested presidential election Monday headed into a second-round showdown between a pro-West candidate and his pro-Russia rival following an inconclusive first-round vote slammed by international observers.