Russian Duma Gives Nod to New Rules for Parties
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Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave a first nod to new tougher rules for setting up political parties -- a key element of President Vladimir Putin's reforms, which could dramatically change the political system.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament,the State Duma, has approved the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the greenhouse gas emissions limitation treaty drawn up by the United
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made constitutional changes on Monday designed to increase his personal control of the regions and parliament, saying the government needed &quot;strengthening&quot; because it had failed at Beslan in its fight against terrorism.
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President Vladimir Putin announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic institutions yesterday that will give the Kremlin greater power than at any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made sweeping political changes to consolidate his power in the name of a more effective anti-terrorism strategy.
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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic
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Ukraine&#039;s pro-Russian parties formed a new governing coalition in a stunning move that promises to slow the pro-Western course taken by the ex-Soviet nation after the &amp;quot;orange revolution.&amp;quot;
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill ratifying a protocol with Ukraine that lifts certain travel requirements for the two countries' citizens.
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MOSCOW, Dec 6 (IPS) - Notwithstanding accusations of vote manipulation  and intimidation of opposition groups, the Dec. 2 vote for the  state Duma has changed the political scenario in Russia: the  Kremlin-backed United Russia has parliamentary majority, both the  Communist and Liberal parties have strengthened their positions,  and the Social Democrats -- A Just Russia -- enter the Duma for  the first time.
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MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin put his sweeping political overhaul in motion Monday, sending to Parliament a bill to change Russia&#39;s electoral system.
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MOSCOW, Sep 11 (IPS) - A presidential decree allowing political parties to  engage officially in public campaigns for parliamentary elections  has come into effect, but opposition parties fear they may not  get adequate access to media coverage.
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Ukraine's parliament Wednesday approved a compromise package of laws and constitutional changes to overhaul key institutions, paving the way for a re-run this month of its flawed presidential election.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 25 -- Created by the Kremlin just last year and anticipating a bright future, the political party Fair Russia was designed to be the junior partner in a "two-party system" in which everyone pledges fealty to President Vladimir Putin. But with Dec. 2 parliamentary elections imminent, the...
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Russian deputies submitted a draft anti-terrorism law to parliament on Tuesday in the latest security measure after attacks such as the Beslan school massacre in which more than 330 people were killed.
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President Vladimir Putin named a new government Monday, tapping new economics and health ministers and retaining his current foreign and defense ministers as part of an expected shuffle before crucial parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Russia&#39;s parliament backed on Friday President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to scrap elections for governors under sweeping political reforms aimed at strengthening his grip on power.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday to set up a center that will help protect the rights of Russians in former Soviet republics, which became independent when the Soviet Union collapsed.