Putin Sets Up New Governor Voting System
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday set rules for naming governors of Russia's 8 9 regions after pushing through a law that abolished their direct election amid a continuing consolidation of power by the Kremlin.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament took its first step yesterday toward adopting President Vladimir Putin&#39;s overhaul of the country&#39;s political system, despite signs of popular
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President Vladimir Putin ordered an overhaul of Russia's political system Monday, reacting to a three-week onslaught of terrorism with plans for the most extensive political shakeup since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Putin s decision on Monday to end the system of direct popular election of Russia s governors, and to have the Russian parliament elected on the basis of slates chosen by national party leaders he mostly ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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The Russian Parliament has passed a bill proposing a radical overhaul in the way Russia is run. The measure abolishes the direct election of regional governors, who will now be appointed by the Kremlin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made constitutional changes on Monday designed to increase his personal control of the regions and parliament, saying the government needed &quot;strengthening&quot; because it had failed at Beslan in its fight against terrorism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country needs a single ``vertical&#39;&#39; system of power to fight terrorism such as the attack on a school last week that killed 339 people.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin sought to convince the nation Thursday that his electoral reform was not a retreat from democracy but was needed to save Russia from international terrorists and to limit the political influence of business barons. Putin said in a nationwide television interview his plan to end direct elections of regional governors and parliament deputies will help strengthen the government, which he said was being eroded by ethnic divisions and turf battles between local clans.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill dropping a minimal turnout threshold in polls, which critics say will make them less fair, despite a plea by his human rights adviser not to do so.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday  ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost  the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Sunday set December 2 as the date for the next parliamentary  election, starting the countdown for what is seen as a dress  rehearsal for the 2008 presidential vote.
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VOLGOGRAD, Russia  - Campaigning officially started on Saturday in the Russian presidential election, but Vladimir Putin's chosen successor has said he is too busy working to canvass for votes.
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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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A new party that promotes itself as an opposition group but supports Vladimir Putin took a prominent place on Russia's political stage Monday after regional elections that further consolidated the president's hold on power.
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President Vladimir Putin has announced new measures to strenghten the governments power in tackling the fight against terrorism. In a cabinet meeting today, Putin blamed Russian authorities for being inefficient
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Campaigning officially  started on Saturday in the Russian presidential election, but  Vladimir Putin's chosen successor has said he is too busy  working to canvass for votes.