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: 4% [?]
June 11, 2007The time for submitting candidatures to the presidential post in Latvia has expired. The election is scheduled for May 31.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 24, 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: 2% [?]
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: 3% [?]
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: 1% [?]
First deputy presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has dismissed speculation about President Vladimir Putin’s further tenure, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
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: 1% [?]
April 10, 2007Vladimir Putin on Friday again said he did not intend to remain in office after his second presidential term expires in 2008, The Associated Press reports. The statement was made after upper house speaker Boris Gryzlov has called for constitutional changes that would allow Putin to stay.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 1, 2007A former classmate and workmate of Russian President Vladimir Putin will run next year’s crucial presidential election, the Reuters news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 29, 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: 1% [?]
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