Putin signs into law controversial election bill
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill dropping a minimal turnout threshold in polls, which critics say will make them less fair, despite a plea by his human rights adviser not to do so.
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Russia's upper house of parliament votes to ratify the international treaty on climate change.
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Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday  a series of laws and constitutional changes aimed at resolving  the post-election crisis which has pushed the ex-Soviet state  into turmoil.
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President Vladimir Putin outlined plans Monday to &quot;radically&quot; change the Russian political system in a way that would increase his own power, portraying the moves as
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced initiatives Monday that would further strengthen the central government's control over the nation's political life.
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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's central demand for a new presidential runoff and cautioning the West against getting too involved.
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Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave a  first nod to new tougher rules for setting up political parties  -- a key element of President Vladimir Putin's reforms, which  could dramatically change the political system.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, thus completing Russia&#39;s ratification of the treaty, the presidential press service said on Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's choice for new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, was overwhelmingly approved in a Friday vote by Russia's lower house of parliament, a live broadcast on state-run TV showed.
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The man seems to get his way at home, but President Vladimir Putin's none-too-subtle expressions of support for candidates facing elections abroad have raised a few eyebrows in Russia at least.
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The upper house of the Russian parliament approved the law to ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change, which now needs only President Vladimir Putin's signature for formal ratification.
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Russian elections will be valid regardless of turnout under laws that went into effect Thursday, a major change that critics say is the latest step by the Kremlin to control the political process before key votes in 2007 and 2008.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has  signed into law a bill dropping a minimal turnout threshold in  polls, which critics say will make them less fair, despite a  plea by his human rights adviser not to do so.
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President Vladimir Putin's plan to end the election of governors by popular vote passed its final hurdle Wednesday, when the Russian parliament's upper chamber approved the bill.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his seal  of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol,  clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing  global warming to come into force early next year.