Putin opponent to be investigated
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Prosecutors are investigating forgery allegations against the Russian opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov, reports say
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A prominent lawyer who challenged the security services' wiretapping of his client and then fled Russia is the focus of a criminal investigation opened Tuesday, news agencies reported.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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The investigation into the death of a Russian dissident in London heats up and sheds an ugly light on Vladimir Putin's rule
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prosecutors will establish the truth after this month&#39;s re-run of a rigged presidential election. want the case to affect campaigning for his new run-off against Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on December 26.
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The shooting of a Russia expert near  Washington days after he publicly criticized President Vladimir  Putin has all the makings of a spy thriller, but police say it  was most likely a random street crime.
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Vladimir Putinâs pick for a new premier is likely to become the top candidate for president in the upcoming election.
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Britain&#39;s charge against an ex-KGB officer in the murder of a fugitive Russian agent in London is part of a political campaign, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for his presidential bid, a step that could pave the way for his disqualification from the election.
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Russia's parliament will launch an  inquiry into a school siege that killed over 300 hostages,  President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, but analysts doubt it  will satisfy those who blame the carnage on security services.
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MOSCOW -- The powerful, pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent, but it bears the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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VOLGOGRAD, Russia  - Campaigning officially started on Saturday in the Russian presidential election, but Vladimir Putin's chosen successor has said he is too busy working to canvass for votes.
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Russian prosecutors are investigating opposition presidential candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on suspicion of forging signatures in support of his bid, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
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Russian authorities are investigating the recent killing of a model-turned-bodyguard.
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Russian officials say there are grounds to bar opposition activist Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.
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Russian investigators were under  pressure on Wednesday to establish quickly who was behind a  suicide bomb attack on a busy Moscow street that killed 10  people and injured 51.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's favoured successor, Dmitri Medvedev, launches his election campaign.