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Russia Needs Early Duma Elections - Ex-Finance Minister

23:14 18/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti)

Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, who currently chairs the Civil Initiatives Committee, said on Friday that early parliamentary elections in Russia would improve the situation in the country.

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Georgia Lets Ivanishvili Contest Presidential Election
12:16 16/05/2012
The Georgian Parliament adopted an amendment to the country's constitution on Tuesday allowing EU citizens to participate in parliamentary and presidential elections in the country as voters and candidates, allowing Georgian-born billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili to stand as a candidate in the polls, daily online news service Civil.ge reported.
Opposition Duma Faction Expels Four over Medvedev Vote
22:54 14/05/2012
Four members of the Russian parliament were excluded on Monday from their A Just Russia party for voting in favor of former President Dmitry Medvedev becoming prime minister.
Armenian Opposition Set to Challenge Election Results
03:32 09/05/2012
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), which narrowly passed the 7-percent threshold for political blocs, is set to challenge Sunday's parliamentary election results in the Constitutional Court.1
President Putin Praises Elections Despite Protests
13:50 08/05/2012
Vladimir Putin who officially resumed office as president after his inauguration on Monday complimented the work of election commissions during the presidential polls in March.6
Five Parties, Opposition Bloc Qualify for Seats in Armenian Parliament
10:40 07/05/2012
Five political parties and an opposition bloc have passed the election threshold to make in into Armenia’s parliament, according to preliminary vote results published by the Central Election Commission on Monday.
Tadic, Nicolic Face Runoff in Serbian Presidential Polls
04:07 07/05/2012
According to first results, incumbent Serbian president Boris Tadic and ex-nationalist Tomislav Nikolic are likely to face each other in presidential elections runoff.
Greece’s New Democracy Leads with 65% of Votes Counted
03:05 07/05/2012
With 65 percent of votes counted in Greek parliamentary elections, the center-right New Democracy party receives 19.8 percent of the vote, while its coalition partners, center-left Pasok, are third with 13,6 percent of the vote.
Hollande Elected French President – Interior Min.
00:43 07/05/2012
Francois Hollande, an opposition leader of the French Socialist Party, was elected France’s new president with more than 80 percent of ballots counted, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said.
Ruling Greek Coalition Clings to Power in Vote
23:39 06/05/2012
The center-right party PASOK and its ally, the conservative New Democracy, stand to win enough seats in Greek legislative elections on Sunday to maintain their collective hold on power, according to early vote results.
Sarkozy Concedes Defeat in French Elections
22:54 06/05/2012
Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted his rival Francois Hollande’s victory in the runoff presidential vote on Sunday.
Russian Police Break Up Anti-Putin Protest
20:52 06/05/2012
Police cracked down hard on an anti-Putin rally in Moscow on Sunday, clubbing demonstrators and making scores of arrests after hundreds of people briefly broke through their lines in a bid to take their protest to the Kremlin walls.2
Media Outlets Report Hacker Attacks as Anti-Putin Rally Begins
16:24 06/05/2012
The websites of a number of independent media outlets reported coming under apparent hacker attack on Sunday, as thousands gathered in downtown Moscow for an anti-Putin protest.2
France Votes in Crucial Presidential Runoff
11:56 06/05/2012
French citizens are voting on Sunday in a crucial runoff that could see a Socialist win the presidential poll for the first time since 1988.
Greeks Go to Polls to Vote in Crucial Parliamentary Election
10:06 06/05/2012
Greeks are going to the polls on Sunday to vote in a crucial parliamentary election expected to decide the country’s future in the euro zone.
Armenians Go to Parliamentary Elections on Sunday
06:37 06/05/2012
Armenian citizens will cast their votes on Sunday to elect members of the country’s parliament with the polling stations opening at 8:00 a.m. local time (4:00 a.m. GMT).
Presidential Elections Begin in French Overseas Departments
19:01 05/05/2012
Voting in the French presidential elections is taking place in some overseas departments of France and in South and North America, local media reported on Saturday.
Russia's Press Freedom Ranking Upgraded – Report
22:26 01/05/2012
Russia jumped one position in the 2012 Press Freedom report by the Washington-based Freedom House think tank, from 173th in 2011, but is still ranked on par with Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe.
Russian Prosecutors Find Numerous Election Violations
15:54 28/04/2012
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office in a report issued on Saturday said it has exposed about 3,000 violations committed during the recent parliamentary and presidential polls.
Egypt Announces List of Presidential Candidates
21:03 26/04/2012
Egypts presidential election commission has released the final list of 13 presidential candidates that will run to fill the office that has been vacant since Hosni Mubarak's ouster in February 2011.

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