European watchdog rejects Russian election offer
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Russia offered on Tuesday to ease restrictions on international observers monitoring its March 2 presidential vote, but Europe's main election watchdog said the concessions did not go far enough.
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MOSCOW, Feb. 7 -- Russia's relations with international bodies that monitor democratic norms and human rights soured further Thursday when Europe's leading election watchdog organization confirmed that it would not monitor the upcoming presidential vote, citing "severe restrictions" on its planned...
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EU diplomats fail to persuade Poland to lift a veto on the start of talks on an EU-Russia co-operation pact.
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MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters ) - Europe's main security and human rights watchdog said on Thursday it had cancelled plans to monitor Russia's presidential election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed by Moscow.
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The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaderâs application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlinâs favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged.
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A high-ranking Russian government official on Wednesday rejected a local newspaper report that the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov would soon face a reshuffle.
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The EU rejects calls for Communist Party symbols to be banned alongside those of the Nazis.
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Britain rejected Russian allegations on Friday that it was politicizing the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is expected to win.
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Europe's top human rights body said that Russia still failed to meet its standards and rejected a demand by Moscow to stop checking on Russian compliance of the 46-nation organization's code of ethics.
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Russia said on Friday the Council of  Europe would send observers to monitor a March presidential  election that Europe's main vote watchdog has already declined  to attend, accusing Moscow of unreasonable restrictions.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  said on Thursday he regretted the way Europe's main election  watchdog had behaved in a dispute over monitoring a March 2  presidential vote.
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In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of
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Russia on Wednesday rejected a NATO offer to hold a special conference on a key European arms pact and instead proposed working on a new agreement, local news agencies quoted a top defense ministry official as saying.
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European Union regulators rejected a call by French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy for an EU-wide corporate tax code to prevent low-tax Eastern European economies from poaching jobs from the west.
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The European Commission rejects reports that it has lost World Trade Organization backing for its policy of protecting regional food names such as Champagne and Parma.
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Warsaw rejects poll monitors from Europe's main security watchdog, saying Poland is a solid democracy.