Gorbachev sets up Russia movement
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The leader of the former Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, sets up a new political movement in Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to appoint regional rulers and change voting to aid national parties that can unite the country to fight terrorism after four attacks in 10 days killed at least 430 people.
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MOSCOW -- Facing a wave of deadly terrorism, President Vladimir Putin moved yesterday to reshape Russia's political system and give the central government dramatically increased powers, but his critics said the changes would threaten the country's young democracy and put it on a path toward dictatorship.
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The former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, blames the US for the current state of relations between Russia and the West.
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The Russian military plans to parade tanks and missiles in central Moscow, restoring a Soviet-era tradition.
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Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev blames the US for the current state of relations between Russia and the West.
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Campaigning starts for Russia's parliamentary elections, due to take place on 2 December.
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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic
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President Vladimir Putin should grant Chechnya special status within Russia to end a decade-long insurgency, although some Western countries would like to see Moscow trapped in the "Chechen quagmire" for years, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Monday.
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Russia is poised for a general election campaign highly influenced by President Putin's popularity, Steven Eke writes.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused in the West of backtracking on democracy, turns East this week to visit China which many in the Kremlin camp see as a model of an economically-successful autocracy.
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With regional elections Sunday from St. Petersburg to Siberia, Russians are entering what promises to be a year of ballots choreographed to ensure a smooth succession and enable President Vladimir Putin to keep a hand on the steering wheel even after he steps down.
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President Vladimir Putin has ordered sweeping changes to Russia&#39;s political system to help combat terrorism, but immediately has drawn charges he is exploiting a bloody school siege to boost his personal power.
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Travel: Peter Moore goes in search of remnants of Soviet Russia among all Moscow's glitz.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev remarks were the most vocal criticism to date by a prominent Russian political figure.
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HAMBURG -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday called for a ''clear and careful analysis&quot; of last week's hostage drama at a school in southern Russia and argued that parliament should be involved in the investigation.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered an overhaul of Russia's political system Monday, reacting to a three-week onslaught of terrorism with plans for the most extensive political shakeup since the collapse of the Soviet Union.