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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Russia during the weekend shouldn't be overlooked, the British foreign secretary said. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin secured more than 60 percent of the vote in a weekend presidential election. His closest rival, Communist leader Gennady...
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Eurasianet
| 1 year ago
Most of the alleged irregularities reported are time-tested tactics observed in previous elections...Ballot Stuffing And Vote-Count Fraud This is the most traditional example of electoral fraud, which consists of "stuffing" multiple ballots into the...
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won another presidential election. While the outcome was no surprise, neither was the controversy that greeted his victory. Despite Mr. Putin's claim that he won "an open and honest fight," the opposition has...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Vladmir Putin , in the eye of storm over "poll violations", has conceded irregularities in the March 4 elections that secured him Russian presidency for a record third term, even as opposition today vowed to wage an indefinite campaign against the "...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is promising a campaign of civil disobedience against what he says was a stolen president election by Vladimir Putin. Mass protesting Navalny says tens of thousands will turn out for street protests in Russian...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The activists of Ukrainian group Femen, who protested naked at a polling station in Moscow where Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cast his vote Sunday, could be barred from entering Russia. A local court Monday sentenced the Femen activists up...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
04 Russian activists say they plan to continue protesting against Vladimir Putin's victory in presidential elections after hundreds of people were detained at opposition rallies in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Police reported detaining 250 people in...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 1 year ago
A day after claiming an overwhelming victory in Russia's presidential elections, Vladimir Putin on Monday faced a range of challenges to his legitimacy, including charges of fraud from international observers and a defiant opposition that vowed to...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
An attempt by Vladimir Putin 's foes to protest his presidential election victory by occupying a Moscow square ended Monday with riot police quickly dispersing and detaining hundreds of demonstrators a stark reminder of the challenges faced by Russia'...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
Suggested Topics A day after Vladimir Putin won a return to the Kremlin for six years, thousands of Russians took to a central Moscow square last night to decry Vladimir Putin's reelection as illegitimate, while the only international observer body...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Two hundred and fifty people were detained in Moscow, according to the Interior Ministry. The Moscow arrestees included opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexei Navalny, a blogger and attorney who tweeted from police custody, asking for a...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Thousands of protesters gathered in the streets of Moscow Monday to contest Vladimir Putin's victory as three-term incumbent to Russia's presidency. Demonstrators shouted "shame!" and "Russia without Putin!" as police and security forces broke up...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Protest leaders arrested in Moscow Police in Moscow have arrested protest leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov after a rally against Vladimir Putin's election as president. Mr Navalny, who blogs about corruption in Russia, sent "greetings from...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
There was no real competition in the Russian presidential and the outcome was never really in doubt, European election monitors said. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin secured a non-consecutive third term as president during a weekend election.
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Bloomfield Life
| 1 year ago
Thousands of Russians are gathering for a massive rally to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election. Putin won more than 63 percent of Sunday's vote according to the nearly complete official returns, but the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The women, members of the Femen radical feminist group, stripped to their waists and paraded at a polling station to draw attention to widespread claims of vote-rigging at the presidential polls. They had "I steal for Putin" written on their bodies...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov, who came second in the Russian presidential race, believes it is too early to recognize the March 4 poll results. Zyuganov believes his rivals were too hasty in accepting Vladimir Putin's win. I, at least,...
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The News Tribune
| 1 year ago
Vladimir Putin, who claimed victory in Russia's presidential election, tears up at a rally Sunday at Manezh Square in Moscow. Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
An oppositional demonstration has been planned for Monday evening in Moscow 's Pushkin Square in the wake of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin 's election win. Some 12,000 police and troops will be on duty to maintain order in Moscow , according to the...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who claimed victory in Russia's presidential election, tears up as he reacts at a massive rally of his supporters at Manezh square outside Kremlin, in Moscow on Sunday. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
With nearly all the votes counted, Russian officials say Mr. Putin won Sunday's presidential election by a landslide with 64 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Community Party chief Gennady Zyuganov, was far behind with 17 percent...Opposition...
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Kuwait News Business
| 1 year ago
March 5, 2012 (AFP) -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday reclaimed the Kremlin after a crushing victory in a presidential election but faced protests by the opposition who said the poll was undermined by fraud. Putin secured almost 64 percent of...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
An emotional Vladimir Putin declared victory in Russia's presidential election last night (Sunday), but his historic win was overshadowed by widespread reports of vote-rigging and ballot fraud. Addressing a rally outside the Kremlin, Mr Putin had...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Editorial There was never any question that Vladimir Putin would win a third term as president. An All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre poll back in mid February put Putin on 53.5%, already an outright first round win and 42 points ahead of his...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Ken Grossman is not a boastful man, despite having plenty to feel smug about...India's Naxalite rebels need to be tackled with mainstream political activity, not just development ... Suggested Topics Vladimir Putin was set to return to the Kremlin...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
Election officials yesterday denied any significant fraud in polls that gave Putin well over 60 per cent of the vote in initial results and exit polls. Putin's campaign chief trumpeted "the cleanest elections in the history of Russia". But opposition...
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The Australian
| 1 year ago
Putin declares victory in presidential election "I promised you we would win...Topless protesters tried to steal his ballot box NOT even bare-breasted women trying to steal his ballot box could stop Vladimir Putin winning the Russia's presidential...
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Truthdig
| 1 year ago
Mar 4, 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appears set to return to the presidency as exit polls place him far ahead of his contenders...Tens of thousands rallied outside the Kremlin to celebrate the results. The prime minister thanked the...
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Asian Tribune
| 1 year ago
29 editor Vladimir Putin has won the Russian presidential election with 63.44%. Communist leader and Putin's challenging rival Gennady Zyuganov had won 17.23% of the votes. Putin has won with a vast majority according to the exit poll, eluding a...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Zyuganov was placed second after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Sunday's presidential elections, according to exit polls. Speaking on Russian television, Zyuganov said that instead of ensuring that each of the five presidential candidates get...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Voting has ended in Russia's presidential election with exit polls showing Vladimir Putin winning a landslide victory for a record third term in office. A state-run polling institute gives Putin 58.3 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a second-...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
13 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led the pack in the first report of results announced by the Russian Central Electoral Commission seconds after polls closed in the country's presidential election. Results from polling stations in the Far East on...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
To view this content you need to install the Flash Player. Raw Video: Russia votes in presidential election Published Sunday, Mar. 04, 2012 1:35PM EST Last updated Sunday, Mar. 04, 2012 1:37PM EST Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Russia's...
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ITN
| 1 year ago
Two exit polls, released after voting ended on Sunday, forecast the former KGB spy would win 59.3 and 58.3 percent of the votes, making a runoff against the second-placed candidate unnecessary. His nearest rival, communist Gennady Zyuganov, fell...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP A builder casts his ballot papers at a polling station outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. Photo: AP Russians turned out in large numbers to vote in presidential elections on Sunday that are expected to return Prime Minister...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Monitored by web cameras and a network of volunteer civilian observers, Russians cast their votes in polling stations but Mr Putin looks on track to win more than 50 per cent of the vote...Mr Putin, cast his vote at a Moscow polling station and...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 1 year ago
Ukrainian female protesters bared their breasts today at the polling station where Vladimir Putin had just voted in the presidential race and tried to steal the ballot box with his vote. The Femen group, known for their topless protests against...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
The Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, and his wife, Lyudmila Putina, leave a polling station in Moscow. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Russians went to the polls on Sunday in a tense election that is expected to confirm Vladimir Putin '...
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The Economic Times
| 1 year ago
Russians voted today in presidential polls set to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for an unprecedented third term, as he faced public wrath over allegations of rigging in December's parliamentary elections which was won by his United...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles But Putin's victory was not in doubt in voting across the icy tundra, large swathes of unpopulated territory and heavily industrialised urban centres from the Pacific coast to the western borders with the European Union . The man credited by...
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B92
| 1 year ago
Putin, 59, who was Russia's president from 2000 to 2008 and has been prime minister since then, has led the race but may be forced into a second round if he gets less than 50 percent of the vote in the first. The winner of the vote will be...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Russians are voting in a presidential election that is likely to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term. More then 200,000 volunteer poll watchers are keeping a close eye on the voting, hoping to avoid allegations of fraud like...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
EDT Femen activists, who are popular for their topless protests, have been detained at a polling station in Moscow where Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voted on Sunday. The protesters marked "Kremlin Rats," "I steal for Putin" and "Thief...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Switzerland to protest at a decision to hold the 2014 World Championship in Belarus which they say does not uphold democracy and human rights. Published: 04 March, 2012, 14:57 A policeman detains an activist of Ukrainian group Femen at a polling...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
World Monitored by web cameras and a network of volunteer civilian observers, Russians voted Sunday in presidential elections expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin. Allegations of widespread vote fraud in last December's parliamentary...
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
Russians voted on Sunday in presidential polls expected to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term, despite a wave of protests against his 12 years of domination. Voters from Vladivostok on the Pacific to the...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Polling stations have opened across Russia 's vast expanse for the presidential election widely expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin. Sunday's election comes in the wake of a series of massive protest rallies sparked by alleged fraud in...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during his televised speech to address Russian citizens in Moscow, in this picture released March 2, 2012. Vladimir Putin is almost certain to win a third presidential term in an election that...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Mr Putin has consistently topped the polls in the presidential race, easily outdistancing the second place candidate, communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. If he wins as expected, Mr Putin, the current prime minister, will return to the presidency for a...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Following a month of bitter campaigning, five contenders are fighting for the presidential chair. Voting begins in each of the country's nine time zones at 8am local time, and will last till 8pm on Sunday. Russians in the country's Far East are the...
