Russian anti-Putin demo broken up
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Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg.
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Video image of hostages sitting below explosives strung from basketball hoops in the gymnasium of a school in Beslan, Russia. Photograph: NTV/AP.
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RUSSIAN ON-LINE NEWSPAPER - Questions are mounting about whether Putin&#39;s policies - not only in Chechnya but also the power consolidation drive to stamp out opposition and public debate - are exacerbating the terrorist threat.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s official visit to Turkey ended yesterday. There was nothing particularly sensational about the visit: the parties merely fixed in a political document the present level of
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ST. PETERSBURG -- In Russia's lower house of parliament, almost completely dominated by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, Oksana Dmitrieva was part of a very small club of independent deputies, all facing political oblivion come December's parliamentary elections.
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Russia's justice ministry announced plans to break up the Yukos oil giant in a fatal blow to Russia's largest oil producer and former Western investor darling that once dared challenge President Vladimir Putin's rule.
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Russia's fragmented opposition  marshalled its thin ranks against President Vladimir Putin on  Saturday, but a modest turnout at a Moscow rally -- dwarfed by  the police presence -- only underscored his grip on power.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for  him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the  leading candidate in an election for president next March.
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President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shakeup that comes less than three months before crucial parliamentary elections
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On Monday President Vladimir V. Putin announced he would strip Russia&#39;s 89 regions of much of their authority and electoral legitimacy.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government's Parliament base fragmented yesterday with the defection of a hard-line Shi'ite bloc.
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Tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday outside the Kremlin in a show of solidarity against terrorism. The demonstration came nearly a week after more than 350 people, many
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By Mark Landler and John Markoff John Markoff reported from San Francisco. Steven Lee Myers contributed reporting from Moscow.
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AllOfMP3 defies Western superpowers Little more than a month after it collapsed under pressure from several superpowers of the Western world - including the US government and three major record labels - Russia's AllOfMP3 is making a comeback.â¦
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NAME: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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MOSCOW -- A Russian nonprofit organization funded by the U.S. government to train journalists and improve management at local television stations has been shuttered by a criminal investigation that critics charge is politically motivated.
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President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shakeup that comes less than three months before crucial parliamentary elections.