Russian Duma approves Putin reform plan
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The Russian State Duma approved President Vladimir Putin's plan to replace direct popular election of regional leaders with a system under which they would be nominated by the president.
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President Vladimir Putin will tighten his control over Russia with his plan to shake up government but risks undermining brittle post-Soviet democracy, analysts and liberals said on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is winning support for his plan to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of OAO Gazprom, the nation&#39;s largest gas producer.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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The Russian leader today called for new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.
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President Vladimir Putin outlined plans Monday to "radically" change the Russian political system in a way that would increase his own power, portraying the moves as a means of combating terrorism.
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On Monday President Vladimir V. Putin announced he would strip Russia&#39;s 89 regions of much of their authority and electoral legitimacy.
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, yesterday ordered a drastic centralisation of government power that is likely to strengthen the Kremlinâs grip over every aspect of political life.
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MOSCOW -- The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, voted yesterday to overturn a ban on political party leaders becoming ministers, raising fears that Soviet-style one-party rule could make a comeback.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday to set up a center that will help protect the rights of Russians in former Soviet republics, which became independent when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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President Vladimir V. Putin's plan to concentrate more power in the Kremlin has inflamed popular discontent.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to further strengthen the central government&#39;s control over the nation&#39;s political life.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament gave tentative backing Friday to a key electoral reform proposed by President Vladimir Putin following a series of recent terror attacks that have killed hundreds and stunned Russians.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament gave tentative backing Friday to a key electoral reform proposed by President Vladimir Putin following a series of recent terror attacks that killed hundreds and stunned Russians.
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Russia's lower house of parliament gave tentative backing Friday to a key electoral reform proposed by President Vladimir Putin following a series of recent terror attacks that have killed hundreds and stunned Russians.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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A Kremlin statement issued earlier today reads that the President signed the Protocol last night. It was approved in Duma, a subwing of the Russian Parliament, and the Federal Council.