"President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law constitutional amendments that extend presidential terms from four to six years, local media reported Tuesday. The extension, however, will only be applicable to the next president, according to the new...
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Today Duma has cleared the way for Putin , by extending presidential term to six year."A bill to extend the presidential term from four to six years has passed the lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma,...
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MOSCOW - on Friday, Russia's State Duma approved the draft 2009 budget for military spending, raising their current budget by an impressive 25%. Encouraged by their recent crushing defeat of Georgian forces,...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell there is a new twist in Columbia Drug Cartels looking for a way to get it's point across against interlopers who fly over their airspace, "Say it...
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"Moscow is voting for Putin " oR- United Russia PartyNews Type: Event — Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:36 AM ISTworld-news, russia, electionsNaresh kumar sagar
United Russia party who is in advantageous position to...
Well, it is sort of a chess game... Garry Kasparov has been eleced by his party, The Other Russia, to stand for president in the next election. The Other Russia will not, however, be able to field candidates for the Duma, Russia's representative body (similar to Britain's...
Andrei Lugovoi's name had been linked to the mysterious polonium 210 poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko. The British wanted Russia to extradite Lugovoi to the UK to stand trial for the murder of...
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Perhaps Now Public Readers should read Russia's spin on their flag planting ceremony on the Arctic floor, nothing like balanced reporting I always say.A Russian flag was planted on the North Pole seabed Thursday...
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The question is....why would Estonia care? "Russia reacted furiously on Friday to the removal of a Soviet war monument from Estonia's capital and analysts predicted a long-running "cold war" between the...
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