Kremlin Foe Barred From Election
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Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was barred on Sunday from running for president in a March election, a move he said was taken to block any real challenge to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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Russia expelled a journalist on Sunday who had alleged Kremlin malpractice in this month's parliamentary election and tracked funds flowing from Kremlin officials to foreign banks.
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Russian officials say there are grounds to bar Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen  successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for  the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2  election.
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European election observers cited severe restrictions imposed on their work by the Russian government.
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The number of candidates challenging the Kremlin's choice for president dwindled Wednesday when the leader of a pro-business party dropped out of the race.
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The Moscow-backed loser of Ukraine's presidential election staved off his pro-Western rival's inauguration for another day Tuesday by persuading the Supreme Court to block publication of the official result.
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Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasayanov  was nominated on Saturday by his opposition movement to run in  next year&#39;s presidential election and promised to stop the  Kremlin orchestrating the vote in its favor.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition  candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for  his presidential bid, a step that could lead to his  disqualification from the election.
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Prosecutors announced a forgery investigation Tuesday against the campaign of the only liberal Kremlin critic still in Russia's presidential race, a contest already expected to be won easily by Vladimir Putin's hand-picked candidate to succeed him.
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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 Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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Kremlin accused of invoking threat of forced military service to intimidate anti-Putin activists.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for his presidential bid, a step that could lead to his disqualification from the election.
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Europe's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.
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Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West.
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The Kremlin candidate won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election but now faces a struggle to keep the warring region under control and subdue a resurgent separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.