Russia to investigate opposition challenger
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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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Ukraine faces political turmoil as partial results in a presidential election put the prime minister backed by Russia in the lead, with his liberal challenger alleging cheating and calling for street protests.
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Sunday's vote comes as Russia continues its probe into the dual jet bombings.
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Russian authorities say they intend to pursue a criminal case for bribery against Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian MP nominated as prime minister.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian police and state security agents searched the apartments of two opposition activists Friday, just over a week before the country's hotly contested presidential election, a news report and an opposition group said.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- The powerful and pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent -- one, however, that bears all the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for his presidential bid, a step that could lead to his disqualification from the election.
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Russia was concerned by the West's attempts to influence the situation in Ukraine, where allegations of vote fraud have sparked a political crisis that has brought the rival candidates' supporters into the streets.
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Russian prosecutors are to file new charges against jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his lawyers say.
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Russia's Central Election Commission said on Thursday it had grounds to disqualify opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov from running in a presidential election on March 2.
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KIEV, November 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has promised that in case of his victory he will develop relations with Russia.
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Russia will help British detectives in  Moscow to investigate the poisoning death of ex-Russian spy  Alexander Litvinenko, but it will not extradite any suspects to  Britain, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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"I personally talked to the Russian president about it. Unfortunately, there is no response to this issue whatsoever from the Russian side."  Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says officials in Russia are hindering a probe to determine who poisoned him with dioxin during the 2004 presidential election campaign. via The Age
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favours closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a sea of protesters decked in opposition orange have reshaped the political landscape.
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Russian prosecutors on Thursday formally opened a criminal investigation into the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko who died of radiation poisoning in London on November 23.
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Ukrainian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of a leading candidate in a crucial presidential election scheduled for next month, officials said.
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Campaigning starts for Russia's parliamentary elections, due to take place on 2 December.