Kasyanov "should be barred from election"
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Russian opposition challenger Mikhail  Kasyanov should be disqualified from a March 2 presidential  vote because of forged registration documents, the secretary of  the Central Election Commission said on Thursday.
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A glance at Chechnya, which holds a presidential election Sunday, and its conflict. Russian authorities have expressed concern that separatist rebels could carry out attacks linked to the election to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Russian president killed by a bombing in May.
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MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin, Russia&#39;s first post-Soviet leader, issued a veiled warning Thursday that President Vladimir Putin&#39;s decision to seize sweeping new powers after the Beslan hostage crisis could erode democratic freedoms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on  Thursday that it would be "absolutely unacceptable" for him to  stay in power after his second consecutive four-year term ends  in May.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's ...
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President Leonid D. Kuchma of Ukraine criticized today the Supreme Court&#39;s decision to order a new presidential run-off and accused the opposition leader
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Opponents of Russian President Vladimir  Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday his  refusal to hold television debates ahead of a March 2 election  showed the ballot was a farce.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin for limiting voters' ability to elect deputies in the wake of the Beslan school killings, saying people were losing &quot;the right of choice&quot;.
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Russia's gymnastics chief Leonid Arkayev  has added his voice to a chorus of public opinion calling for  major reforms in his sport, saying Olympic gymnasts are  powerless against what he called "judging mafia."
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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 opposition challenger Mikhail Kasyanov should be disqualified from a March 2 presidential vote because of forged registration documents, the secretary of the Central Election Commission said on Thursday.
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The chairman of Russia's upper house of parliament said Saturday that Vladimir Putin, barred from seeking a third consecutive term in elections next year, should run again for the presidency in 2012, Russian news agencies reported.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's relentless crackdown on dissent.
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Russia blocked US and European diplomatic efforts at the latest OSCE meeting for a joint position on a re-run of Ukraine âs presidential election on Tuesday because it would interfere in negotiations there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
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Holding a flawed poll could make the situation worse. So could holding no vote at all
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Hamid Karzai announced a boycott, saying a system to prevent illegal multiple voting had failed. The JEMB said on Monday it was investigating the complaints.
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Russia's Central Election Commission on Sunday barred the most vocal Kremlin critic from the presidential election.