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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Mikhail Gorbachev , the friend-turned-foe of Vladimir Putin has slammed him for describing his opponents as "enemies of Russia", as the opposition vowed new protests against the alleged vote rigging that returned the Russian strongman for a record...
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The Gleaner
| 1 year ago
Before Sunday's Russian elections, Vladimir Putin's supporters were saying that 60 percent of the vote, well above the 50 percent that would have required a runoff, would constitute a mandate for the new president's third term. Imagine the surprise...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
The elections that have put Vladimir Putin on course for six more years are easy to criticize from a Western standpoint. As the monitoring mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe pointed out , the vote was marred by...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Photos Video Photos In just a few months, Russia has become a very different place, where a clash of cultures and contrasting visions for the future have created seemingly irreconcilable divisions. The hundreds of thousands of people a true...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 1 year ago
Putin was elected president Sunday by a wide margin, more than 63 percent of the vote, thousands of Russians marched the next day in Moscow to claim fraud and challenge the outcome. Mr. Putin first came to the office in 1999, after Boris Yeltsin, and...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
When a misty-eyed Vladimir Putin celebrated his election victory with supporters in Moscow on Sunday, he said: "We have won in an open and honest battle."...In their preliminary report, they said that while the actual voting was well organised and...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Russia's Putin faces protests, monitors' criticism Moscow: Thousands of protesters chanting "Russia without Putin" took to the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg on Monday to challenge Vladimir Putin's victory in a presidential election which...
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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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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Vladimir Putin yesterday was preparing to reoccupy the Kremlin after a crushing presidential election victory but Russian and foreign observers sounded alarm over the extent of violations in the polls. Amid a growing controversy over the ballot's...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Questions of legitimacy are dogging Putin's overwhelming presidential win Sunday. Opposition leaders say they plan weeks of protest to force changes in Russia's 'managed' democracy.
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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
Articles The landslide win of 64 percent (according to early results) for the current prime minister came amid widespread allegations of fraud, suggesting that Putin faces a difficult time in the office he held from 2000 to 2008. "I promised you we...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has outlined his election agenda in a newspaper article published on 16 January 2012. Writer and political analyst Igor Panarin believes Putin's new ideology as president is already apparent. Following a...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Moscow braced for post-election rallies after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was elected president in an election the opposition charged was flawed. Two gatherings by Putin supporters were scheduled for Monday, a rally at Manezhnaya Square expected to...
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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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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
Putin celebrated his victory on Sunday by telling tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters near the Kremlin that his triumph had saved Russia from enemies trying to usurp power. The prime minister, who is returning to the post he held for eight...
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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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Sofia Echo
| 1 year ago
With only one third of the votes counted in Russia's Presidential election, Vladimir Putin bounded up the steps of a stage in front of the Kremlin and faced a sea of Russian flags and a massive crowd estimated by police at 110,000 people. "We won,"...
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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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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
Putin easily won a third presidential term on Sunday, garnering almost 65 percent of the vote (with 90 percent of ballots counted at press time)well above the 50 percent he needed to avoid a runoff round. His nearest rival, communist Gennady Zyuganov...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
As tens of thousands of supporters chanted his name at a wintry outdoor rally, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared victory in the Russian presidential election. But opponents of Putin promised to respond with their own mass rallies beginning...
