Russia wants to ban Kremlin opponent from election
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Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov should be barred from Russia's presidential election, officials said on Thursday, a move likely to fuel criticism that authorities brook little real opposition.
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Kremlin accused of mounting unprecedented attack on academic freedom after    top Russian university closed
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Police detained opposition activists Tuesday in a provincial city at a protest that Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov said was thwarted by Russian authorities intent on silencing dissent, Russian media reported.
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Europe's main election watchdog cancelled plans on Thursday to monitor Russia's presidential election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed by Moscow.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- The powerful and pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent -- one, however, that bears all the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Russia wants "unprecedented" curbs on observers at parliament elections, the OSCE watchdog says.
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Europe's main election watchdog  cancelled plans on Thursday to monitor Russia's presidential  election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed  by Moscow.
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Russia's election authorities on Sunday  barred former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a sharp critic  of the Kremlin, from running in a March presidential election  against President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaderâs application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlinâs favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged.
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Russia&#39;s oil giant Yukos requested to block the auctioning off of its main production unit Yuganskneftegaz in Moscow on Sunday.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Shut out of elections and barred from television screens, Russia's tiny band of die-hard Kremlin opponents now believe street protests are the only way to make their voice heard.
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Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky said on Friday a Brazilian court's order to arrest him on money laundering charges was part of the Kremlin's "politicized campaign" against him.
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Russia's Central Election Commission  said on Thursday it had grounds to disqualify opposition  candidate Mikhail Kasyanov from running in a presidential  election on March 2.
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Russia's election authorities on Sunday barred former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a sharp critic of the Kremlin, from running in a March presidential election against President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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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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Western election observers on Tuesday  rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election  chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier  than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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Russia's opposition pledges to go ahead with a Moscow protest against President Putin despite a ban.