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03.02.2010, 19:54
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A presidential think-tank has proposed radical changes in Russia, including a return to certain liberal elements of Yeltsin’s policy, a multi-party system and cutting the president’s term.
21.10.2010, 12:26
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
04.10.2010, 17:14
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The tension between Moscow and Minsk has reached a new level after Dmitry Medvedev criticized in his video blog Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “anti-Russian rhetoric”.
16.10.2009, 17:13
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The Wednesday walkout of three Russian parliamentary factions waned seriously by the end of the week, with two of three parties deciding to return to their seats on Friday.
12.09.2009, 00:41
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has reportedly said he may consider taking part in the Russian presidential election in 2012. The news comes from a participant of the Valdai discussion club.
Election 2012
24.04.2010, 11:53
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Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev does not exclude his participation in presidential elections for the next term. But citizens should approve of his work first, the President said, speaking to a Norwegian newspaper.
06.09.2010, 19:23
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he will make the decision whether to run or not in the presidential elections in 2012 depending on the situation in Russia.
28.09.2010, 16:12
With the dismissal of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, people expect that his “oligarchic empire” will be ruined, but social benefits and programs will remain in place, sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya has told RT.
RT Politics Interview
24.05.2009, 09:06
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President Medvedev has signed a decree on setting a commission to counter attempts to falsify history to the detriment of Russia's interests, the Kremlin said.
28.09.2010, 14:32
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The Russian president has signed a decree firing Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who was in power for almost two decades.
Published: 12 November, 2009, 17:22
Edited: 16 November, 2009, 10:47
In his first state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly, Dmitry Medvedev proposed a set of political reforms aimed at widening peoples participation in politics and encouraging more political competition.
There can never be fair political competition as long as some candidates have millions or billions of dollars in personal wealth to stack the election in their favor. This is not political competition. It is called, using vast personal wealth to buy the political office of your choice. One hunderd million dollars were spent recently to buy a mayor position in a major city. This sort of political rigging of the playing field is not evenhanded and makes a mockery of elections, and would destroy all competition. If people know they are competing in a rigged or unfair election, they will eventually stop trying to run against the power structure. Then, the result is fake elections or none at all.