Eleven groups contest Russia poll
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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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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Regional polls in Russia next Sunday may be a blueprint for nationwide elections in the coming 18 months. If they are, the Kremlin's harshest critics will be watching the national votes from the sidelines.
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MOSCOW, Dec 6 (IPS) - Notwithstanding accusations of vote manipulation  and intimidation of opposition groups, the Dec. 2 vote for the  state Duma has changed the political scenario in Russia: the  Kremlin-backed United Russia has parliamentary majority, both the  Communist and Liberal parties have strengthened their positions,  and the Social Democrats -- A Just Russia -- enter the Duma for  the first time.
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A new party that promotes itself as an opposition group but supports Vladimir Putin took a prominent place on Russia's political stage Monday after regional elections that further consolidated the president's hold on power.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main security organization Friday of playing political games in the dispute over election monitors.
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The Kremlin front-runner in Russia's presidential election, Dmitry Medvedev, has the backing of 82 percent of voters with six weeks left before the vote, an opinion poll published on Wednesday showed.
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Amid high concern over rebel attacks, voters in Russia&#39;s war-torn republic of Chechnya began on Sunday to elect a successor to their former slain president.
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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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Politics: 12 December 2004, Sunday. Eleven of Bulgaria's leading right-wing parties flocked together Sunday to discuss state laws concerning the election process.
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29 August 2004 -- Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway republic of Chechnya have begun casting ballots for a new president. Seven candidates are vying for the job, including frontrunner Alu Alkhanov, who is backed by the Kremlin.
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WASHINGTON : Dozens of political figures including former heads of state and government have signed a letter calling on the West to toughen its stand on the state of democracy in Russia.
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Regional polls in Russia  next Sunday may be a blueprint for nationwide elections in the  coming 18 months. If they are, the Kremlin's harshest critics  will be watching the national votes from the sidelines.
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Russian and Western leaders are sharply at odds over the country's election crisis.
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Ahead of March polls, a new Kremlin-backed party aims to woo left-wing voters away from independent parties.
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Chess champion Garry Kasparov and allies in Russia's most vocal opposition movement held their latest showdown Monday with President Vladimir Putin's government, keeping up their frequent protests with a demonstration in central Moscow.
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MOSCOW  - Thousands rallied at a government-sponsored demonstration Thursday to hail sweeping electoral changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin to fight terrorism. A much smaller group gathered near parliament to complain the proposals would strip Russians of basic legal rights.
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Russia said on Friday the Council of Europe would send observers to monitor a March presidential election that Europe's main vote watchdog has already declined to attend, accusing Moscow of unreasonable restrictions.