Disgusted voters say decision was made in Moscow
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The woman in the market hurriedly packed away the shampoo and perfume she usually sells. The stalls were almost abandoned. She was in a rush to escape the capital&#39;s brooding air.
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A bitter campaign marked by predictions of vote fraud culminates in an election that all Western observers call seriously flawed.
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On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the biggest shake-up of Russia&#39;s political system since its 1993 adoption of a post-Soviet constitution, drawing heaps of scorn from both the Russian and international press.
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More than 100,000 people are expected in central Moscow at an &quot;anti-terror&quot; rally amid mounting rage across the country over the bloody hostage siege in southern Russia.
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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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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he regretted the way Europe's main election watchdog had behaved in a dispute over monitoring a March 2 presidential vote.
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When Ukraine's Central Election Commission voted to declare the Russian-backed prime minister the winner of last month's presidential runoff, Andriy Mahera balked.
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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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Russian nationalists, communists and  religious believers gathered in Moscow on Saturday to denounce  plans for a Gay Pride march, as gay activists prepared to lobby  the mayor to lift a ban on the event.
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Exasperated Georgians crowded at the capital's airport in disbelief Tuesday after Russia cut all travel links with the former Soviet republic in retaliation for detaining four of its military officers for espionage.
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Russia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend Moscow's participation in a key European arms control treaty, approving President Vladimir Putin's initiative in a widely expected show of defiance to the West.
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As Canadians of Ukrainian origin voice their displeasure in protests countrywide, Ottawa has denounced the former Soviet republic&#39;s official election result.
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KIEV : Hundreds of thousands of pro-Western and pro-Russian activists mobilized across Ukraine as the former Soviet republic headed into a stormy weekend vote that Washington warned would spark unspecified &quot;measures&quot; if rigged by the state.
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failed to meet a number of democratic standards, but the observers stopped short of calling for the vote to be invalidated. Western election observers roundly criticized Ukraine&#39;s presidential
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European nations and the US government reacted swiftly and angrily to Wednesday night&#39;s announcement that the government-backed candidate had been declared the official winner of Ukraine&#39;s widely condemned presidential election.
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GROZNY, Russia : The Kremlin-anointed career police officer elected Chechnya&#39;s new leader in a vote condemned by many observers vowed to consign separatist extremists to the &quot;dustbin of history&quot;.
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Opponents of Russian President Vladimir  Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday his  refusal to hold television debates ahead of a March 2 election  showed the ballot was a farce.