Kasparov won't run for Russian president
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Kremlin critic and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov will not run in Russia's presidential election after authorities repeatedly blocked supporters' efforts to hold a nominating conference, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov talks to the BBC News website about Putin, politics and the game of kings.
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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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For Russian opposition campaigner and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, even something as simple as holding a meeting can be an obstacle course.
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Liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, a candidate in numerous Russian elections since the 1991 Soviet collapse, will not run for president next year, his spokeswoman said Friday.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed the president of the war-battered republic of Chechnya and named its widely feared prime minister Ramzan Kadyrov as acting president.
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Defense Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk has excluded the use of force in the presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday again ruled out running for a third term in the Kremlin and pledged to organize elections for a successor in 2008 &quot;in a proper democratic way.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to nominate a successor to replace him as president after he steps down in 2008.
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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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Russia blocked US and European diplomatic efforts at the latest OSCE meeting for a joint position on a re-run of Ukraine âs presidential election on Tuesday because it would interfere in negotiations there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election.
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No Russians will be extradited to Britain in the case of the poisoning of a former spy, RussiaÂs prosecutor general said.
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Vladimir Putin says he does not rule out running for Russia's presidency again in 2012 or 2016.
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Russia's election authorities narrowed the field of contenders in the 2008 presidential election to six on Saturday, rejecting a bid by former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky because of his British nationality.
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Russia's Central Election Commission on Sunday barred the most vocal Kremlin critic from the presidential election.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.