Russian anti-Putin demo broken up
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Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg.
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The Russian president is losing popular support over his pension reforms and 'managed democracy.'
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On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the biggest shake-up of Russia&#39;s political system since its 1993 adoption of a post-Soviet constitution, drawing heaps of scorn from both the Russian and international press.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts the resignation of the government of PM Mikhail Fradkov.
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ON RUINED Minutka Square in the south of Grozny, a large multi-coloured poster covers the entire side of a five-storey building. It shows Russian president Vladimir Putin shaking hands with Chechnyaâs interior
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Russia has begun an effort to curtail the activities of election observers in the states of the former Soviet Union.
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AllofMP3.com, a Russian online music service accused of skirting copyright law, has shut down but may be back in business elsewhere, authorities said.
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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic
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Blog: The Russian government agrees to shut down AllofMP3, which offered downloadable MP3 files at a much lower price than stores such as iTunes, but fans will probably just migrate to other similar services.
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Â· Women had accused Putin of complicity in deaths Â· Kremlin 'using extremism law to silence critics'
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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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President Vladimir Putin dissolved Russia's government Wednesday in a major political shakeup ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections, the Kremlin said.
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Tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday outside the Kremlin in a show of solidarity against terrorism. The demonstration came nearly a week after more than 350 people, many
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On Monday President Vladimir V. Putin announced he would strip Russia&#39;s 89 regions of much of their authority and electoral legitimacy.
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If some governments resemble stodgy men's clubs, Vladimir Putin's has started to look like a family affair since a Cabinet shakeup this month that left two pairs of close relatives serving in top posts.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s sweeping overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system would consolidate power in the Kremlin at the expense of provincial governments and end Russia&#39;s short experiment with political democracy.