Pro-Putin Party Builds a Wide Lead
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MOSCOW, March 12 -- The pro-Kremlin United Russia party had commanding leads in 13 of 14 regional elections held Sunday, preliminary vote counts showed Monday, while the new Fair Russia party, which calls itself an opposition grouping but is favored by the presidential administration, was making a...
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MOSCOW -- Russian voters went to the polls yesterday in regional elections dominated by two pro-Kremlin parties, a result that critics said presented the appearance of democracy without its substance.
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Eleven groups will run in Russia's December parliamentary polls, with President Putin's bloc a clear leader.
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Campaigning starts for Russia's parliamentary elections, due to take place on 2 December.
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With regional elections Sunday from St. Petersburg to Siberia, Russians are entering what promises to be a year of ballots choreographed to ensure a smooth succession and enable President Vladimir Putin to keep a hand on the steering wheel even after he steps down.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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The popularity of Russia's First Deputy  Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has more than doubled since  President Vladimir Putin named him his preferred successor two  weeks ago, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
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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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Corruption, official pressure on voters and Soviet-era turnout figures were features of Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party in a landslide, independent monitors said on Tuesday.
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Both are candidates from the party of power and have presidential aspirations. Both served as prime ministers and campaigned on a platform of strengthening ties with Russia.
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Last week it became perfectly clear which candidate Russia -- specifically President Vladimir Putin and parliament -- should support in the Ukrainian presidential election.
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Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite.
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The press keeps up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to strength central government
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Russian First Deputy Prime Minister  Dmitry Medvedev, a frontrunner for the presidency next year,  will hold a live nationwide Web conference next month - a forum  normally reserved for President Vladimir Putin.
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Russian regional elections seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's presidential vote handed the Kremlin's supporters a hefty majority and squeezed out its most outspoken opponents, results showed on Monday.
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Latvia's ruling People's Party has bolstered its lead going into this weekend's general election, thanks to a huge media campaign and by shifting its focus from business to social issues.
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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...