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RIA Novosti / Mikhail Klimentyev 15.10.2010, 19:58 6 comments

Medvedev nominates Sobyanin for Moscow mayor

President Dmitry Medvedev has chosen Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Sobyanin as the next mayor of the Russian capital and described him as an “experienced manager” capable of solving the city’s problems.

Nikita Mikhalkov playing Czar Alexander III in his 1998 movie The Barber of Siberia 27.10.2010, 17:48 6 comments

Director's directives

Nikita Mikhalkov goes beyond directing actors and cameras. He’s sent a 63-page political manifesto to the Kremlin.

21.10.2010, 12:26

If new mayor solves at least some problems, he will become a political figure

What challenges face the new mayor of Moscow and how is it different from New York? Will the native of a remote oil-rich region be able to solve the Russian capital’s problems?

RT Politics Interview
31.12.2009, 13:38 60 comments

Yeltsin’s legacy – 10 years on

When the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, declared his resignation hours before the year 2000 began, not only did he thus close his own rich political career, but also ended a whole era in modern Russian history.

20.02.2010, 12:36 32 comments

Timoshenko drops appeal against presidential election results

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko has withdrawn her appeal against the results of the country's presidential run-off from the country’s Supreme Administrative Court.

17.01.2010, 09:00 2 comments

Ukraine chooses direction for next five years

Viktor Yanukovich, head of Ukraine’s Party of Regions, leads the Ukrainian presidential election after 98% of the votes have been counted. Current Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko is behind him by 10%.

Ukraine, Dytyatky: An elderly woman casts her ballot in Dytyatky village, some 100 kms from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on February 7, 2010. (AFP Photo / Viktor Drachev) 08.02.2010, 06:00 23 comments

Ukrainians decide future of divided country

Tension remains high in Ukraine as counting gets underway after Sunday’s Presidential election run-off. Preliminary results show Victor Yanukovich to be less than 5 percent ahead of rival Yulia Timoshenko.

15.10.2010, 01:29 1 comment

Political circus ravages US midterm elections

Things are heating up in the countdown to the November 2 US midterm elections. RT highlights the top five dumbest or most bizarre things candidates have said or done.

Moscow's newly elected Mayor Sergei Sobyanin delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in Moscow on October 21, 2010 21.10.2010, 13:33 2 comments

New Moscow mayor ushers in winds of change

Sergey Sobyanin has been inaugurated Moscow Mayor after his candidacy for the post was approved by the City Duma.

Demonstration in Tehran (Topshots / AFP Photo / str) 24.06.2009, 05:31 24 comments

How Western media backs the “green revolution” in Iran

It was an election that was snatched from the Iranian people – or at least that's the impression being given by Western media outlets. But are they telling the full story?

Low-cost election is good for taxpayer

Published: 28 May, 2008, 15:10


Russia spends far less on elections than the U.S.

Russia’s Central Election Commission has published the accounts for March’s presidential vote. A total of $US 217 million of state funds were allocated to stage the ballot. That’s considerably less than the estimated $US 5 billion spent on the last Americ

 
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