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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Kremlin stories: 38 news summaries

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No Progress on Missile Deal After Rice's Russia Visit

US, Russia no closer on defense system in Eastern Europe, but more polite about it

Mar 19, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moscow talks between top US diplomats and their Russian counterparts haven't edged the two sides any closer to deals on a proposed US missile shield in Eastern Europe and a nuclear-arms reduction treaty, the Financial Times reports. Condoleezza Rice heads home empty-handed, but US-Russia relations at least seem to have... More »

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Russia • diplomacy • missile shield • Robert Gates • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Sergei Lavrov • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • Start Treaty

UK-Russia Relations Remain Frosty

Brown writes to congratulate Medvedev but offers no invite

Mar 4, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - As Gordon Brown extended only the most cursory congratulations to Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, the frozen diplomatic relations between Russia and Britain seem unlikely to thaw, reports the Times of London. The UK prime minister sent a letter rather than making the usual phone call to a president-elect, and he pointedly... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • United Kingdom • Vladimir Putin • Gordon Brown • Andrei Lugovoi • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • British Council • British-Russian relations

In Moscow the Beat Goes On

Second verse same as the first: Putin and protege celebrate win at concert

Mar 3, 08 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - To no one's surprise, Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev has promised to uphold the policies of his predecessor after yesterday's stage-managed transfer of power widely regarded as an election farce, reports Reuters. Medvedev has already chosen outgoing president Vladimir Putin, ineligible for another term, as prime minister. To underline their... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • KGB • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • presidential election • Gennady Zyuganov

Voters Bullied to Boost Medvedev

Russian workers told to vote, and who to vote for, says Guardian

Mar 1, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The Russian government is plotting widespread fraud in tomorrow's presidential election, Russian sources claim in a Guardian report. Ballot boxes will be stuffed and public sector workers have been pressured to vote to ensure a landslide victory for Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, Dmitry Medvedev. Analysts say Medvedev would win anyway,... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • election fraud • Russian elections

Putin Pushes for High Turnout

Mentor wants mandate for Medvedev

Feb 29, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Even with the outcome all but certain, Vladimir Putin took to the airwaves today to urge Russians to vote in Sunday’s elections. Putin wants to enable his hand-picked presidential successor, Dmitry Medvedev, to claim a strong mandate, so the government is pushing for turnout of at least 65%, the... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian elections

 Heir Not Just Putin's Puppet

Medvedev favors Western style and outlook

Feb 28, 08 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The man hand picked by Vladimir Putin to be his successor and a virtually certain victor in this Sunday's election has been portrayed in the West as the Russian president's personal puppet. But Dmitri Medvedev, who plans to appoint Putin as his prime minister, may be more independent, reform-minded and... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Gazprom • Dmitry Medvedev • loyalist • Michael A. McFaul • Sergei Markov • Gennadi A. Zyuganov • Andrei V. Bogdanov • Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky • Institution for Globalization Studies and Social Movements

Key Watchdog Won't Monitor Russia Vote

Group cites Kremlin's excessive restrictions on March 2 election

Feb 7, 08 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Europe's main election watchdog will boycott Russia's March 2 presidential vote due to excessive Kremlin restrictions, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights announced today. The group had agreed to send just 70 monitors to oversee the campaign, the New York Times reports, but when Russia barred them from... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • election monitors • Dmitry Medvedev • election

Russian Liberal Stands Down

Opposition candidate accuses Kremlin of turning presidential contest into 'farce'

Dec 27, 07 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Another candidate has dropped out of the race for the Russian presidency, complaining of dirty tricks, the Washington Post reports. Boris Nemtsov, leader of a mainstream liberal party, said the uneven playing field was turning the contest into a farce. He accused the Kremlin of using "Goebbels-like propaganda, force... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Garry Kasparov • Dmitry Medvedev • Boris Nemtsov • Russian elections

Putin Rips West's 'Dirty Tricks'

Accuses foreign governments of  funding rival parties

Nov 22, 07 4:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told a crowd of cheering supporters that opponents of his United Russia party are in the pay of foreign governments bent on weakening the nation, reports the Times of London. He ripped opponents as "jackals" who "slink through foreign embassies" and learn from "... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Russian democracy • Russian elections

Putin Claims 'Moral Right'
to Power

Says United Party
victory will mean 'citizens trust me'

Nov 13, 07 5:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Putin claimed a “moral right” to keep a hand in Russian politics today if his party wins the December 2 election, Reuters reports. A victory for the pro-Kremlin United Party looks likely, so how would he rule after resigning as president in May? "I will refrain from a... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • vote • United Party • election

Kremlin May Forge a Separate
2.0 Peace

Moscow mulling the creation of a Russian-only computer network

Oct 28, 07 8:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Kremlin is going 2.0 by extending its reach into cyberspace, where dissidents have found refuge from the government’s tight censorship. While Putin allies mount pro-government websites and snatch up existing independent outlets, Moscow is considering the creation of a separate Russian network. “The attractiveness of the... More »

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China • Russia • United Nations • Internet • propaganda • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • Ukraine • LiveJournal • cyberspace

In Public Chat, Putin Dodges
Big Question

YouTube-style scripted 'dialogue' sheds no light on prez's next move

Oct 18, 07 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin held his sixth and final “dialogue” with the Russian people today, but the departing president revealed few clues about how he might maintain power after leaving office. The 3-hour YouTube-debate-style discussion saw Putin respond—from scripted text, some said—to ordinary citizens, but he didn't elaborate on... More »

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Russia • YouTube • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • debate • Parliament

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers

Nine in custody, gunman still on the run

Oct 8, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the assassin who gunned down journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, whose murder caused international outrage a year ago. Since her death nine people have been arrested, but the gunman and the person who ordered the killing remain... More »

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Vladimir Putin • murder • Kremlin • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • Dmitry A. Muratov • Moscow Helsinki Group • Lyudmila M. Alekseyeva

The Arctic Is Ours: Kremlin

Russia claims polar mineral wealth

Sep 21, 07 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest audacious claim by Russia, the nation is insisting that rock samples taken 13,000 feet beneath the North Pole prove that a large part of the Arctic seabed is rightfully Russian territory. The US, Canada, Norway and Denmark also have territorial claims to the mineral-rich area that's... More »

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Russia • United Nations • oil • global warming • gas • Canada • Arctic • Norway • Kremlin • Denmark • Lomonosov Ridge • Arctic 2007 • minerals • USA

Extremists
Mark New
‘Cold Peace’

Russian videos
signal paranoia, wounded pride

Aug 29, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “sleeping bear” of Mother Russia is either waking to attack its enemies or rolling over a few victims as it dozes, dreaming of a lost empire, Maclean’s reports. Military flights above Guam and flag-posting on the North Pole have been well-reported; but an explosion of violent nationalism,... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • extremists • Kremlin • Cold War • Nashi • nationalism

Billionaires Flee Putin's Russia

For mainly Jewish oligarchs, wealth and power has given way
to prison and exile

Jul 2, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cadre of 50 or so Russian businessmen struck it rich when the USSR's state-owned industries went up for grabs. But most of these billionaire oligarchs are now in prison or have fled, hounded and hectored by the KGB-style tactics of president Putin. The Guardian profiles 7 deposed plutocrats, who've... More »

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Russia • wealth • Jews • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • KGB • Roman Abramovich • Kremlin • billionaire • anti-Semitism

Billionaire Plots New Russian Revolution

London emigre says
he's bankrolling coup, conspiring with elites

Apr 13, 07 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exiled Russian billionaire says he is bankrolling a coup to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin. Boris Berezovsky tells the Guardian: "It isn't possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure." Asked if he is fomenting a revolution, he responds:... More »

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Russia • Boris Berezovsky • Alexander Litvinenko • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • revolution • billionaire • Britain

Russia Threatens New Cold War

Apr 11, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Livid over U.S. plans for a missile defense system in its backyard, Russia is mounting a cold-war-style response. The Kremlin admonished that the military installations planned for Poland and the Czech Republic would threaten "the world's strategic stability," and promised a suitable counter-measure, reports the Guardian. Responses... More »

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Moscow • Kremlin

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