Rival rallies over Russian reform
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Hundreds of thousands take to the streets across Russia in rallies for and against controversial welfare reform.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma gained Vladimir Putin&#39;s backing Thursday against calls for a quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential election the opposition is certain it would win.
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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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Supporters of Ukraine&#39;s opposition leader and top contender for the presidency Viktor Yushchenko, seen on poster behind, wave campaign posters during a rally in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Monday.
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A Sept. 12 meeting, called to unite the disparate wings of the ethnic Russian community at a time of general discontent, nearly collapsed when members of one political party were accused of trying to monopolize ...
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MOSCOW -- A Russian regional leader spoke out yesterday against President Vladimir Putin's plans to disband local assemblies that reject his choice of governor.
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Massive demonstrations across Russia posed a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and Moscow authorities bowed to the demands of protesting retirees by restoring some of their state benefits, such as free public transportation and subsidized medicine.
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MOSCOW -- Tens of thousands of people answered a government call and rallied outside the Kremlin yesterday in a show of solidarity against terrorism, nearly a week after militants seized a school in southern Russia in a standoff that claimed more than 350 lives, many of them children.
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Hundreds of thousands of rival  demonstrators massed in 70 Russian towns on Saturday to condemn  or applaud social benefit reforms by President Vladimir Putin's  government, Russian media reported.
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Tens of thousands of people supporting opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko rallied in Ukraine's capital Saturday demanding that next week's presidential election be free and fair.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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Hundreds of locals rallied in the town of Stavropol in southern Russia on Tuesday, demanding the eviction of ethnic Chechens, witnesses and media said, reviving memories of racial riots in other parts of the country.
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MOSCOW -- About 1,000 people gathered in front of the US and British embassies in Moscow Friday, accusing the countries of having a double standard in the war on terror.
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Hundreds of locals rallied in the town  of Stavropol in southern Russia on Tuesday, demanding the  eviction of ethnic Chechens, witnesses and media said, reviving  memories of racial riots in other parts of the country.
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Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in the main square of Ukraine&#39;s capital to protest what they say is fraud in Sunday&#39;s run-off presidential election.
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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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The popularity of Dmitry Medvedev,  anointed successor of Russian President Vladimir Putin, soared  in an opinion poll released on Thursday.