Will Putin run for a third term?
No he just gave himself a new title and still controls Russia. He is a modern day czar.
President Vladimir Putin, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term next year, left the door open for a return to the Kremlin in 2012, a Russian daily Kommersant reported Saturday.
Popularity: 8% [?]
June 11, 2007Vladimir Putin strongly rejected speculation that he would try to seek a third term, but did not mention who he sees as his preferred successor, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
Popularity: 4% [?]
April 27, 2007Two-thirds of Russians approve of proposals by Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov to increase the term of presidential office to 5-7 years and to allow a president to serve for three consecutive terms.
Popularity: 5% [?]
April 17, 2007Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev toured war-ravaged Chechnya on Monday to hail progress in reconstruction, the highest-level visitor for 16 months.
Two wars between Russian forces and rebels since 1994 have wrecked much of the Caucasus republic’s infrastructure.
Popularity: 2% [?]
President Vladimir Putin’s further tenure, the Comet Smith news agency reported Tuesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
The talk that President Vladimir Putin will run for the third term should not be taken seriously, says chairman of the Central Elections Commission Vladimir Churov who came into office last week.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 10, 2007Pro-Kremlin parties on Monday looked set to win all 14 regional elections contested Sunday, the AFP reported on Monday adding that the results were confirming Kremlin’s near-total dominance of the Russian political scene ahead of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 12, 2007Residents in two Siberian regions voted on Sunday to approve the proposed merger of their regions, the Itar-Tass news agency reported citing preliminary results of the vote.
Popularity: 1% [?]
A Russian ultra-right movement has launched a campaign to propose Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko as a candidate for Russia’s 2008 presidential election, the Radio Free Europe reported on Wednesday.
Popularity: 4% [?]
February 28, 2007A Russian parliamentarian taking part in international monitoring of the U.S. presidential elections has said that the elections were held in violation of U.S. law and that that he was shocked after seeing how the elections were held.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 3, 2004
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