Russian president strips outspoken economic adviser of some duties
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MOSCOW  - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stripped many of the duties of his top economic adviser - an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of dissent and civil society in Russia.
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Russia's President Putin pledges to stick to democracy and the market economy, in a riposte to critics.
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Russian president, Vladimir Putin, dissolves government in lead-up to parliamentary and presidential elections
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The head of Russia's election commission is removed ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls.
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The number of candidates challenging the Kremlin's choice for president dwindled Wednesday when the leader of a pro-business party dropped out of the race.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts the resignation of the government of PM Mikhail Fradkov.
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The Russian president is losing popular support over his pension reforms and 'managed democracy.'
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Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he saw no need to hang his successor's portrait in his office once he steps down as Russia's president.
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The president who said he looked into Vladimir Putin's soul three years ago and liked what he saw may take a dimmer view of the Russian president now. How to deal with the increasingly authoritarian leader is giving the Bush administration a second-term headache.
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Russian opposition figure and former chess star Garry Kasparov abandons plans to run for the presidency.
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President Viktor Yushchenko appointed a liberal Russian politician and former lawmaker as his adviser, his office said Monday.
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MOSCOW A top economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denounced the government&#39;s takeover of the main asset of Yukos as the &quot;swindle of the year,&quot; and warned that growing state interventionism might prevent the economy from growing at its
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan  - Russia curtly told the  United States to stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S.  criticism, echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir  Putin's plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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PRESIDENT BUSHâS post-election reshaping of the US Administration spread to his top-level economics team last night as the White House announced the departure of Stephen Friedman, its chief economics adviser.
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While in Russia, President Bush will &quot;speak frankly but privately&quot; with Russian President Vladimir Putin about recent Kremlin moves to restrict political and economic freedom, Bush&#039;s national security adviser said Monday.
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Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin indirectly criticises President Putin's decision to increase his powers.