Russian Presidential Elections

Governing Party Stumbles Still Unrivalled in Russia

Angus Reid Global Monitor Governing Party Stumbles Still Unrivalled in Russia Angus Reid Global Monitor (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Slightly fewer people in Russia are now willing to vote for the governing party but other...

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Governing Party Stumbles Still Unrivalled in Russia

Slightly fewer people in Russia are now willing to vote for the governing party but other groups have only marginal support, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. 53 per cent of respondents...

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Russian defense orders to grow 8.5% in 2010: Putin

Russian defense orders to grow 8.5% in 2010: Putin Global Times Russia's military orders will increase 8.5 percent to total $40.5 billion next year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday. "I consider the growth in...

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Russian Prez asks ruling party to stop `bad political habits`!

Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday bluntly told ruling United Russia party to stop "bad political habits" and "learn to win fairly", as the democracy is for the expression of popular will. In his opening...

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Putin says Ukraine gas deals ensure supplies

An agreement easing the terms under which Russia supplies gas to Ukraine, reached on 19 November between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukraine colleague Yulia Tymoshenko, appears to alleviate fears of another...

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Promises, Promises

During his perfunctory election campaign, President Dmitry Medvedev made no mention of the need to modernize Russia, nor did he promise to become a popular video blogger or to set any world records for compassion by providing...

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RPT-Q+A-New factors drive Russia-Ukraine gas rhetoric

By Sabina Zawadzki KIEV, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Europe is bracing itself for the possibility of another New Year gas row between Russia and Ukraine, which last year led to supply cuts, leaving hundreds of thousands out in the cold...

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One-in-Four Russians See Putin Personality Cult

Some people in Russia think prime minister and former president Vladimir Putin is the subject of a personality cult, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 23 per cent of respondents share this opinion.

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Experts Downplay Fears Over Ukraine-Russia Gas Crisis

A recent exchange of barbs between Russia and Ukraine is raising worries in Kyiv over a possible new natural-gas crisis this winter. Moscow's shutoff last winter left millions of Europeans without heat in the bitter cold, but...

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Russia Accepts Pro-Western Candidate for Moldova’s Presidency

Russia currently holds a greater degree of relevance and influence in Moldovan politics than at any time during the eight years of nominal communist rule (2001-2009) and indeed since 1991 in that country. Russia’s growing...

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