Kremlin-Backed Opposition Party Foundering as Elections Loom
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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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Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasayanov was nominated on Saturday by his opposition movement to run in next year's presidential election and promised to stop the Kremlin orchestrating the vote in its favor.
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Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into an opposition leaderâs effort to register as a candidate in the March 2 presidential election.
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The party led by Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, announced it would fight in opposition to the new pro-Russian government, signalling a new round of political confrontation between the opposing camps of the 2004 &quot;orange revolution.&quot;
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Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a sea of protesters decked in opposition orange have reshaped the political landscape.
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Taiwan's main opposition party, which once ruled all of China, will mull a proposal to amend its charter to underline its commitment to the island as it competes for Taiwan-identity votes in upcoming elections.
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VILNIUS : The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, near complete results showed, with the ruling leftist coalition ...
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it hasn't seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago.
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Russia's fragmented opposition  marshalled its thin ranks against President Vladimir Putin on  Saturday, but a modest turnout at a Moscow rally -- dwarfed by  the police presence -- only underscored his grip on 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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Ukraine faces political turmoil as partial results in a presidential election put the prime minister backed by Russia in the lead, with his liberal challenger alleging cheating and calling for street protests.
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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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President Vladimir Putin's plans to shake up Russia's political scene sailed through the State Duma lower house of parliament on Friday, with deputies giving short shrift to U.S. concerns about a roll-back of democracy.
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MOZDOK, Russia  - Chechens began voting Sunday for  a new president, but few expect peace to follow from a  Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin  plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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MOSCOW -- Russian voters went to the polls yesterday in regional elections dominated by two pro-Kremlin parties, a result that critics said presented the appearance of democracy without its substance.
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The opposition says the country is ripe for a Ukraine-style revolution, but its leader warns of possible dangers.