Russia succession intrigue follows Putin to Minsk
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The president of Belarus discounted suggestions Russian leader Vladimir Putin could use talks on rejuvenating the idea of a merged post-Soviet state to create a power base after he steps down next year.
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As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it hasn't seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago.
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A look at Belarus, where voters decide on Sunday whether to abolish presidential term limits and allow the authoritarian president to run for a third term in 2006.
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As if to build a tragedy upon a tragedy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to recentralize political power in Moscow in the wake of several terrorist attacks.
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MINSK - Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States meet on Tuesday to discuss the future of a post-Soviet grouping torn by disputes and stung by energy ultimatums from its mentor ...Comment
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will have a right to run at forthcoming presidential election in the country.
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The policy of rapprochement with Russia will remain the key priority of Belarus foreign policy in 2005, the Belarussian ambassador to Russia, Vladimir Grigoryev, said at a news conference in Moscow on Friday.
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As Washington moved to impose economic sanctions on Belarus in the wake of a controversial referendum, both the former Soviet republic and its closest ally, Russia, are sounding a defiant note.
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Belarus awaited the outcome of a  referendum on Monday to determine whether President Alexander  Lukashenko, accused in the West of running roughshod over human  rights, can run for office for a third time.
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In the course of his visit, Vladimir Putin will meet Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
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Analysis: Putin may have plenty of narrow political reasons for nixing the province's inevitable breakaway from Serbia, but the effect of delaying it may actually make for a more stable transition
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Russian President Vladimir Putin names a new cabinet but it offers few clues as to who may succeed him.
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MOSCOW, DECEMBER 2: When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sit down for the first-ever regular summit level talks on a range of regional and international issues in New Delhi tomorrow, much attention will be focused on
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his authoritarian ally Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko closed ranks in Minsk on Friday against US plans for an anti-missile shield in central Europe.
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A battle is under way in Russia for the stately homes of the country's former aristocracy.
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, made an unannounced visit to Chechnya yesterday to lay flowers at the grave of the regionâs assassinated president a week before the election to replace him.
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Russia and Belarus are to form their positions on the terms of the introduction of the common currency of the Union State by mid-February 2005, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said following the session ...