Putin sees Western poll intrigues
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of using "double standards" in democratic elections.
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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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At a Kremlin meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi he has doubts about how elections can be held under current security conditions in Iraq.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next Sunday in the southern republic where rebels are fighting to create an independent Islamic state, Interfax reported.
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President Vladimir Putin told Russia's  state security service on Wednesday to raise its guard against  outside attempts to meddle in a March election which is  expected to bring to power his hand-picked successor.
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Russian President Vladimir  Putin harshly criticized the United States and other Western  nations on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force  their will on the rest of the world and make it "unipolar."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Paris on Friday on a visit that will test Western responses to Moscow's push to use its booming oil and gas revenues to gain a foothold in some of Europe's key ...Comment
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin sought to convince the nation Thursday that his electoral reform was not a retreat from democracy but was needed to save Russia from international terrorists and to limit the political influence of business barons. Putin said in a nationwide television interview his plan to end direct elections of regional governors and parliament deputies will help strengthen the government, which he said was being eroded by ethnic divisions and turf battles between local clans.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a live phone-in on Ukrainian TV, just days before the country's presidential election.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his doubt that the Iraqi elections will be held at their due time. Putin said during his meeting with the Interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi that he
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stood  beside Ukraine's pro-Moscow presidential hopeful to review a  Soviet-style military spectacle, just days before a tense vote  seen as a choice between closer ties with Russia or the West.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin voices doubts over plans to hold elections in Iraq next month.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was concerned about attempts at handling political issues in the former Soviet Union by illegal means.
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The presidential election in Chechnya is just days away, but Moscow has already cast its highly influential vote. ULYANOVSK, Russia--Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly dropped
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday carped at U.S. criticism of Russia's elections and internal changes and said the U.S. voting system had its flaws.
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President Vladimir Putin was thoroughly justified in his outrage at the Beslan atrocities, but there was an ominous tone to his suggestion that part of the problem was that Western powers were mucking around in the Caucasus, or that Russia was vulnerable