OSCE lambasts Russia's poll curbs
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Europe's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.
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Russians voted Sunday in regional ballots marred by complaints that Kremlin opponents are increasingly sidelined ahead of national parliamentary elections in December and a vote to replace President Vladimir Putin next year.
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The United States and Russia clashed at the OSCE international security body over the Ukraine crisis and other key issues with Cold War-style rhetoric that prevented a final consensus statement following two ...
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The Russian government has accused the UK of attempting to "distort facts" in the British Council row.
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SOFIA, December 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russia proposes âworking out uniform standards for the assessment of all elections in the OSCE member countries,â Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in the response to a question from
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business on Wednesday after U.S. criticism,  echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's  plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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Opposition leaders accused the government of arresting exit-poll takers and turning away election observers during voting Sunday in a referendum on whether to change this ex-Soviet republic's constitution and ...
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Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) has criticised recent comments by Russian Presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembski on Finnish attitudes toward Russia.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry accused the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of political bias ahead of the presidential election in the country.
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Russia and the EU were today embroiled in another major row after the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) said that it would not monitor next month's presidential elections in Russia because of "severe restrictions" placed on it by Moscow.
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December 24, Yesterday was the first time RF President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, YUKOS, and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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Igor Smirnov, the leader of the breakaway republic of Transdniestria, has accused Moldovan authorities of trying to downplay Russia s role in Transdniestrian settlement.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's top electoral official on Saturday criticized a bill that would toughen registration requirements for political parties, suggesting Kremlin support for the legislation - which critics say is intended to stifle dissent - is not guaranteed.
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Russia on Tuesday offered to ease  restrictions imposed on Europe's main election watchdog by  giving its monitors a week longer to observe the March 2  presidential poll, Russian news agencies said.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.
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Europe's main security and human  rights watchdog said on Thursday it had cancelled plans to  monitor Russia's presidential election next month, citing  unacceptable restrictions imposed by Moscow.
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Russia&#39;s refusal to cooperate with the West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying.