OSCE will not observe Russian election
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An international election monitoring organization said Thursday that it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
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Europe's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.
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The State Department said Monday the presidential election in Chechnya was seriously flawed and did not meet international standards.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to nominate a successor to replace him as president after he steps down in 2008.
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Russia will not extradite possible suspects in the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko to Britain, the prosecutor general said Tuesday.
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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 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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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election.
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BRDO, Slovenia  - The European Union and Russia failed on Wednesday to narrow differences over Kosovo's independence drive but Moscow said it did not plan sanctions against the Serbian province or its backers after any secession.
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Europe's main security and human  rights watchdog said on Thursday it had cancelled plans to  monitor Russia's presidential election next month, citing  unacceptable restrictions imposed by Moscow.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 29 -- Europe's principal elections watchdog group said Tuesday it may refuse to monitor a second Russian election in a row because the authorities here have imposed "serious restrictions" on the organization's ability to scrutinize the March 2 presidential elections.
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In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of
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The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday cancelled its observer missions to Russia's March 2 presidential election because of restrictions imposed by Moscow.
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Politics: 17 September 2004, Friday. Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Solomon Passy will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...
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Russia has invited only 400 international monitors to observe the presidential election in March, the country's election chief said Monday Â half the number that participated four years ago.
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Russia will limit foreign election monitors at its March presidential poll to 400, half the observers in 2004.
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Europe's top elections watchdog Thursday announced it would boycott Russia's presidential poll next month because of restrictions imposed by Moscow on its monitors.