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Medvedev, Putin Move to Tighten Grip on Russia

Extending president's term would lock in power for a generation

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2008 7:20 AM CST

(Newser) – Dmitry Medvedev's proposal yesterday to extend the Russian president's term from 4 years to 6 looks like another step in Russia's "alarming and rapid drift towards authoritarianism,"
the Guardian reports. The move came as a Russian newspaper, citing sources in the Kremlin, claimed...   Read full story »

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