A new party is created in Russia; this foe may be a Kremlin friend
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MOSCOW -- The powerful, pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent, but it bears the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Nobody in Russia seems to know how scrapping the popular vote in regional elections can help Russia&#39;s war against terrorism. ULYANOVSK, Russia--In the aftermath of the Beslan tragedy, Russians were expecting
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The runner-up in the Afghan presidential election, Yunus Qanuni, says he is forming a new political party.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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"The idea of a single center-right party is a significant one, but at this stage we are very far from that"  Ousted from power last year, Silvio Berlusconi is gambling big in his quest for a way back into the political limelight.True to his style, the flamboyant politician is paving the way for a new party, has picked a former beauty queen as his latest ally, and has promised to unite squabbling coalition partners.While the new Freedom Party is little more than a label for now, its official registration _ by businesswoman and former Miss Italy contestant Michela Vittoria Brambilla _ has already shaken up the political scene during an otherwise sleepy summer. Read more
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A Russian billionaire launches a new political party in Israel with the aim of ousting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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The charges opened a new line of legal attack against a Kremlin foe who was once regarded as Russiaâs richest man.
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MOSCOW -- With two new manuals for high school history and social studies teachers, written in part by Kremlin political consultants, Russian authorities are attempting to imbue classroom debate with a nationalist outlook.
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Before the tragedy of Beslan, Vladimir Putin lived in a vibrant young democracy. Voters gave a Kremlin-backed party an overwhelming mandate in parliamentary elections in December, and
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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Russia has offered to work with Ukraine's new Western-leaning leader, in an end to its frosty silence over Viktor Yushchenko's election victory.
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Russia has launched its own investigation into the Alexander Litvinenko affair.
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Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into an opposition leaderâs effort to register as a candidate in the March 2 presidential election.
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In Putinâs Russia Gazprom is by no means a mere natural monopoly, nor a newly established ministry for oil and gas. Gazprom is an instrument of public administration just like the pro-Kremlin United Russia
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The BBC's James Rodgers watches Russia's Communist Party relive past glories - and asks what new it can offer.
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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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Following broad criticism that President Vladimir Putin is exploiting the Beslan school massacre to enhance his powers, the Kremlin mobilized a number of surrogate spokespeople