Putin dissolves Russian government
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President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shakeup that comes less than three months before crucial parliamentary elections.
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The government of Russian president Vladimir Putin has seized on the events around the armed takeover of a school in Beslan, a town in the southern republic of Ossetia, to broaden its âantiterrorism
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Hundreds of Kremlin critics gathered Sunday on Constitution Day to denounce what they call a retreat from democracy as President Vladimir Putin signed a bill scrapping gubernatorial elections.
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President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shakeup that comes less than three months before crucial parliamentary elections
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MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin put his sweeping political overhaul in motion Monday, sending to Parliament a bill to change Russia&#39;s electoral system.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Sunday to end the election of governors by popular vote, while more than 1,000 opposition activists converged on Constitution Day to denounce what they called his increasingly authoritarian rule.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the leading candidate in an election for president next March.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin closes North Ossetia's borders in the wake of a bloody school siege which claimed 250 lives.
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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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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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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country.
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The Russian president is losing popular support over his pension reforms and 'managed democracy.'
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President Vladimir Putin has fired the  commander of Russia&#39;s navy, taking to at least four the number  of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense  minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday demanded an overhaul of Russia's political system, including an end to the direct popular election of governors, saying the changes were needed to combat terrorism.
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Malaysian Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dissolves parliament more than a year before its term was due to end.
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Russia's defense minister has resigned, the country's new prime minister said Tuesday, announcing the departure of his own son-in-law in the beginning of what is expected to be a Cabinet-wide shake up.