Putin's candidate Medvedev says "No" to TV debates
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election.
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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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The U.S. television networks  planning live coverage of the presidential debates said on  Wednesday they would disregard ground rules set by the two  campaigns to control camera shots of the candidates.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said  Thursday he had no plans to grab more power or change the  constitution when reforming Russia's government structure,  dismissing fears in the West he is watering down democracy.
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Russia's top election authority on   Wednesday threw out a call for a people's poll that would clear   the way for President Vladimir Putin to stay on in power,   making it more likely he will step down as he plans in 2008.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.
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Last night saw a television debate between the two candidates in Ukraine's upcoming presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin rejected calls  to soften his Chechnya policy after last week's school hostage  siege, in which at least 335 people died, and said he would not  talk to Chechen separatists.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was sceptical about demands by the Ukrainian opposition to repeat a run-off vote after a contested presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday  that Russia would not allow itself to be drawn into what he  called a new global arms race.
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MOSCOW AP) Â Dmitry Medvedev, the presumed next president of Russia, on Thursday fended off concerns that the March 2 election would come under criticism from the West.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a key recommendation of a United Nations panel on expanding the Security Council, saying Saturday that any reform would be one-sided if new members did not have veto power.
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Russia's President Putin defends controversial reform plans in a TV interview to Russia's main networks.
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At a news conference after the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out negotiating with Chechen rebel leaders. Drawing comparisons, he said no &quot;civilized&quot; country
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the  Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western  leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin has forcefully ruled out any negotiations with Chechen separatists following the deaths of more than 350 people in a hostage-taking crisis in southern Russia, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.