Vladimir Putin holds his annual QA session with Russian voters, following steet protests over his rule and alleged election fraud. The Russian prime minister rebutted claims that fraud helped his ruling United Russia party win a parliamentary election, saying the result reflected the views of the population
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
Defiant Putin Mocks And Praises Opposition, Touts Vague Reform
MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on December 15 alternately praised and mocked opposition protestors and accused the West of meddling in his country’s affairs, as he tried to woo the public with a trademark macho style in his annual televised call-in program. In the choreographed marathon phone-in broadcast on national television, Putin [...]
December 15, 2011
Iran MP: Seeing Russia’s Putin in Power very difficult for USA to Accept…
Iran MP: Seeing Russia’s Putin in Power very difficult for USA to Accept… Head of Iran Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says the US is not happy with the reelection of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s ruling party. Pointing to recent parliamentary election in Russia which was won by Putin’s ruling party, [...]
December 12, 2011
PM Putin to attend launch of nuclear power unit
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will on Monday visit the Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the central Russian Tver Region north of Moscow to attend the launch of the plant’s fourth power unit, the government press service reported. The Kalininskaya NPP is one of the largest energy producing facilities in central Russia. It provides [...]
December 11, 2011
Protests against election fraud kick off in Russia’s Far East
Some 150 people took to the streets in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Saturday to protest against the alleged fraud in Sunday’s parliamentary vote, local police said. The protesters gathered on the seaside Korabelnaya Embankment, carrying placards with photocopies of election protocols, which they claim have been rigged in favor of Prime Minister [...]
December 11, 2011
Poll protests in eastern Russia
Hundreds of people have gathered in different cities across Russia on Saturday to protest against alleged electoral fraud in favor of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, RIA Novosti correspondents reported from the scene. Some 1,000 people rallied in the southern Siberian city of Barnaul, about 200 at the central square in Chita and [...]
December 9, 2011
Putin names his presidential campaign chief
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has picked filmmaker Stanislav Govorukhin to run his campaign in next year’s presidential elections. Speaking to supporters on Thursday, Putin said he wants to use an amorphous group he launched in May, the All-Russia People’s Front, as the basis of his campaign. “I would like to create my [presidential campaign [...]
December 8, 2011
Vladimir Putin says US encouraged election protests
The Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, blames the US for encouraging protests over Russia’s recent parliamentary election. He accused Hillary Clinton of giving ‘the signal’ to opposition leaders, who are expected to gather thousands of people for a major protest on Saturday. Clinton has repeatedly criticised the parliamentary vote in Russia last weekend that gave [...]
December 6, 2011
Putin pledges changes in government after March elections
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged a major reshuffle of federal government and regional governors after presidential elections in March. Putin, who is expected to return to the Kremlin in next year’s polls, said the first step – a reshuffle of the lower house – had been achieved after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. “The [...]
December 5, 2011
Support for Putin party fades as it hovers around 50-percent mark in State Duma vote
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a sharp drop in support in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, winning nearly half of the vote but falling far short of the majority it has enjoyed for years, early results showed. With the votes from about 94 percent of polling stations counted, the ruling United Russia party is now [...]
December 4, 2011
Putin party suffers big loss in Russia vote
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a sharp drop in support Sunday in parliamentary elections, winning the most votes but falling far short of the majority it has enjoyed for years and possibly failing to clear the 50-percent mark, early results showed. With more than 52 percent of the ballots counted, the ruling United [...]
December 4, 2011
Putin says parliamentary poll is optimal for United Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the leader of the United Russia party, has said that the results of Sunday’s elections reflect the real situation in the country. After the polling stations closed across Russia, Putin held a meeting with the leaders and supporters of United Russia. There he said that the preliminary results of the [...]
December 4, 2011
Putin party fails to win Duma majority: exit polls
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party failed on Sunday to win a majority in legislative elections, exit polls showed, confounding forecasts and confirming waning popular enthusiasm for the country’s dominant political organization.
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December 1, 2011
Putin confirms Medvedev to be PM given election win
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin confirmed on Thursday that he would switch posts with outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev if voters support the pro-Kremlin United Russia party and Putin’s candidacy in upcoming elections. “I would like to once again stress that if the voters trust us with forming the government, that is they vote for United [...]
November 27, 2011
Russia’s Putin accepts presidential nomination by United Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepted on Sunday his nomination by the ruling United Russia party as its candidate in next year’s presidential election. “I accept this nomination with gratitude,” Putin said at the United Party congress in the Luzhniki sports arena. The presidential election campaign officially started in Russia on Saturday, with the polls [...]