Putin opponent to be investigated
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Prosecutors are investigating forgery allegations against the Russian opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov, reports say
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Â· Women had accused Putin of complicity in deaths Â· Kremlin 'using extremism law to silence critics'
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The race to replace Vladimir Putin officially starts Saturday, but Mr. Putin's handpicked successor has declined to campaign or publicly debate his opponents.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is  likely to pick a well-known figure to succeed him rather than  springing a surprise on electors, a Kremlin spokesman said.
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Kremlin accused of invoking threat of forced military service to intimidate anti-Putin activists.
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MOSCOW -- New money-laundering and embezzlement charges filed yesterday against Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky make it unlikely the prominent political enemy of President Vladimir V. Putin will be released from prison before Russia's 2008 presidential election.
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Russian officials say there are grounds to bar opposition activist Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.
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Russian authorities say they intend to pursue a criminal case for bribery against Ukraine's nominated prime minister.
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Russian authorities are investigating the recent killing of a model-turned-bodyguard.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition  candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for  his presidential bid, a step that could lead to his  disqualification from the election.
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MOSCOW -- The powerful, pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent, but it bears the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday investigators were probing a possible link between al Qaeda and Chechen rebels widely believed to have downed two passenger planes a week ago.
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President Vladimir V. Putin added fresh uncertainty today into the question of who might succeed him.
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President Putin  faces growing questions over the school siege as more families prepare to bury their dead.
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The presidential election in Chechnya is just days away, but Moscow has already cast its highly influential vote. ULYANOVSK, Russia--Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly dropped
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Russian investigators were under  pressure on Wednesday to establish quickly who was behind a  suicide bomb attack on a busy Moscow street that killed 10  people and injured 51.
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Russian prosecutors on Monday brought new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move likely to bury the politically ambitious tycoon's hopes of release from jail before 2008 presidential elections.