Kremlin foe barred from Russian election
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Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was barred on Sunday from running for president in a March election, a move he said was taken to block any real challenge to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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Russia's election authorities narrowed  the field of contenders in the 2008 presidential election to  six on Saturday, rejecting a bid by former Soviet dissident  Vladimir Bukovsky because of his British nationality.
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Europe's main election watchdog  cancelled plans on Thursday to monitor Russia's presidential  election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed  by Moscow.
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MOSCOW -- The powerful, pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent, but it bears the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Russia expelled a journalist on Sunday who had alleged Kremlin malpractice in this month's parliamentary election and tracked funds flowing from Kremlin officials to foreign banks.
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Russian opposition challenger Mikhail  Kasyanov should be disqualified from a March 2 presidential  vote because of forged registration documents, the secretary of  the Central Election Commission said on Thursday.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov should be barred from Russia's presidential election, officials said on Thursday, a move likely to fuel criticism that authorities brook little real opposition.
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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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An international election monitoring organization said Thursday it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
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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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Russia's Central Election Commission  said on Thursday it had grounds to disqualify opposition  candidate Mikhail Kasyanov from running in a presidential  election on March 2.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 26 -- For the second time this month, a leading Russian opposition figure has withdrawn from March's presidential election complaining of a political landscape that has made open competition impossible.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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Kremlin critic and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov will not run in Russia's presidential election after authorities repeatedly blocked supporters' efforts to hold a nominating conference, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
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The only liberal Kremlin critic in Russia's presidential race stands to be kept off the ballot because tens of thousands of signatures on his nominating petitions were forgeries, election officials said Thursday.
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Russia's Central Election Commission  said on Thursday it had grounds to disqualify former prime  minister Mikhail Kasyanov from running as an independent in a  March presidential election, news agencies reported.