Russian liberal says won't run for presidency
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Veteran liberal politician Boris Nemtsov withdrew from Russia's presidential race on Wednesday, saying the opposition needed to put forward a single candidate in the March election to withstand the Kremlin's "foul play".
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Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was barred on Sunday from running for president in a March election, a move he said was taken to block any real challenge to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 26 -- For the second time this month, a leading Russian opposition figure has withdrawn from March's presidential election complaining of a political landscape that has made open competition impossible.
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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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Russia halted operations of a U.S.-funded organization that trains Russian journalists and the head of the organization fled the country for fear she would be jailed, she and her lawyers said Friday.
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RussiaÂs prosecutor general said no Russians would be extradited to Britain to stand trial.
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The Russian president rejected the idea of new Ukrainian elections and criticized European efforts to mediate.
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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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The only liberal Kremlin critic in Russia's presidential race stands to be kept off the ballot because tens of thousands of signatures on his nominating petitions were forgeries, election officials said Thursday.
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Russia's Prime Minister-designate Viktor Zubkov does not rule out running for the presidency next year.
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Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Russian prime minister and vocal Kremlin critic who is mounting a campaign for Russia's presidential election in March, said Wednesday that he will only run if the authorities provide guarantees of a fair vote.
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Russian Defence Minister rejects allegations that have sparked a crisis in the between Russia and Israel.
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Moscow's mayor vowed Monday never to allow a gay rights parade, calling such events "satanic," but activists said they would defy a city ban.
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Russia's Prosecutor General says any possible Russian suspects in the spy poisoning case would not be extradited to Britain.
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MOSCOW -- A Russian regional leader spoke out yesterday against President Vladimir Putin's plans to disband local assemblies that reject his choice of governor.
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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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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.