Russian election chief knocks bill altering rules for forming political party
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MOSCOW  - Russia's top electoral official on Saturday criticized a bill that would toughen registration requirements for political parties, suggesting Kremlin support for the legislation - which critics say is intended to stifle dissent - is not guaranteed.
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President Vladimir Putin pledged on Thursday to give Russians a "free democratic choice" in presidential elections next year and said he would only express his own preferences during the campaign.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill dropping a minimal turnout threshold in polls, which critics say will make them less fair, despite a plea by his human rights adviser not to do so.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system to boost the Kremlin's powers in "the fight against terrorism."
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President Vladimir Putin pledged on  Thursday to give Russians a "free democratic choice" in next  year's presidential election and said he would express his own  preferences during the campaign.
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President Vladimir Putin sought to convince the nation Thursday that his electoral reform was not a retreat from democracy but was needed to save Russia from international terrorists and to limit the political influence of business barons.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament gave tentative backing Friday to a key electoral reform proposed by President Vladimir Putin following a series of recent terror attacks that killed hundreds and stunned Russians.
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Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma accused opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko of prolonging the elections crisis by breaking a promise to allow constitutional changes before a new vote, the New York Times wrote on Monday.
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Russia's parliament backed on Friday  President Vladimir Putin's plan to scrap elections for  governors under sweeping political reforms aimed at  strengthening his grip on power.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered  sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help  combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of  exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.
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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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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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RBC, 29.10.2004, Moscow 09:47:45.The lower house of Russian parliament will debate a presidential bill on new procedures of electing regional governors at its plenary session today.
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Russia's parliament backed on Friday President Vladimir Putin's plan to scrap elections for governors under sweeping political reforms aimed at strengthening his grip on power.
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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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The Republican National Committee has told top California party leaders they can change their voting rules to allow independents to vote in the presidential primary.
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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;