Kremlin warns foreigners not to interfere with elections
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MOSCOW - After sharply cutting the number of of Western observers permitted to view polling places and drawing criticism from the United States, the Kremlin warned foreigners yesterday not to interfere in Russia's parliamentary elections.
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A few days ahead of Ghana's parliamentary and presidential elections, the State Department is warning U.S. citizens to use caution if traveling in the West African nation.
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Russian officials say there are grounds to bar Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.
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A top election watchdog rejects Russian concessions for monitoring of the presidential election.
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The date of Chechnya's elections has assumed a local significance the Kremlin would no doubt prefer to avoid: a masquerade of democracy, and a dangerous one.
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MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin, Russia&#39;s first post-Soviet leader, issued a veiled warning Thursday that President Vladimir Putin&#39;s decision to seize sweeping new powers after the Beslan hostage crisis could erode democratic freedoms.
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Russia's election authorities barred Kremlin opponent Mikhail Kasyanov on Sunday from taking part in a March election to find a successor to President Vladimir Putin.
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MOSCOW, Dec 24  - Russia will not use its influence behind the scenes in the former Soviet republics, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, ahead of a key election in Ukraine.
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Ukraine's outgoing president warns against disorder ahead of a close election to choose his successor.
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Regional polls in Russia  next Sunday may be a blueprint for nationwide elections in the  coming 18 months. If they are, the Kremlin's harshest critics  will be watching the national votes from the sidelines.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin injected himself directly into the election crisis in this former Soviet republic Thursday, strongly attacking the opposition&#39;s central demand for a new presidential runoff and cautioning the West against getting too
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PARIS On the eve of the American presidential election, the US State Department has warned US citizens in Nordic and Baltic countries of a potential imminent terrorist attack in the region.
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Comments by Ukrainians and Russians Thursday on developments in Ukraine's disputed presidential election:
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Russians voted Sunday in regional ballots marred by complaints that Kremlin opponents are increasingly sidelined ahead of national parliamentary elections in December and a vote to replace President Vladimir Putin next year.
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Voters in mainly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine have warned of protests as their and Moscow's favourite appeared destined for defeat after a re-run of a rigged presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin told Russia's state security service on Wednesday to raise its guard against outside attempts to meddle in a March election which is expected to bring to power his hand-picked successor.
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Russian and Western leaders are sharply at odds over the country's election crisis.