Russia launches race for Kremlin
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Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite.
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29 August 2004 -- Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway republic of Chechnya have begun casting ballots for a new president. Seven candidates are vying for the job, including frontrunner Alu Alkhanov, who is backed by the Kremlin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has kicked off two days of talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a pledge to open a dialogue with Europe on the disputed election in Ukraine and the bloody conflict in Chechnya.
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Russia's president says Moscow's interests come first as he starts his China visit to discuss key oil projects.
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Mikhail Youzhny will open Russia's Davis Cup campaign here on Friday by taking on Serbia's Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic.
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SOCHI, Russia  - 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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Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to arrive in Cape Town for the first ever visit to South Africa by a Kremlin leader as Moscow bids to reassert its superpower status.
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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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Supporters and critics of Russia&#39;s president are demonstrating in Moscow, with both groups calling attention to Kremlin plans to consolidate power.
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Russia is poised for a general election campaign highly influenced by President Putin's popularity, Steven Eke writes.
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Russia will seek a boost for President Vladimir Putin's bid to revive its once mighty aviation industry this week, by rolling out its first modern commercial airliner for the global market -- the Superjet.
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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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Tensions among the Russians are on the increase as they compete for trophies, commercial opportunities and visibility.
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President Vladimir V. Putin's plan to concentrate more power in the Kremlin has inflamed popular discontent.
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In 1999, President Vladimir Putin promised Russians a two-week war that would crush the separatist enemy. Instead, he has given them an endless struggle that haunts his presidency.
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The leader of the former Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, sets up a new political movement in Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to appoint regional rulers and change voting to aid national parties that can unite the country to fight terrorism after four attacks in 10 days killed at least 430 people.