CEC: United Russia may receive 315 mandates in new Duma. Communists – 57, LDPR – 40, Fair Russia — 38

According to the preliminary results of parliamentary election of Dec 2 in Russia announced by head of Central Electoral Commission Vladimir Churov, the United Russia Party may receive 315 mandates in the new Duma…
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Kokoshin: PACE and OSCE claims were expected

“Claims on the nature of the parliamentary vote to the State Duma on behalf of PACE and OSCE representatives were anticipated long before the vote,”..
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Communist Party to ensure Timoshenko’s office

Communist Party of Ukraine will support candidacy of Yulia Timoshenko for the prime minister’s office, CPUnews Agency informs quoting a source close to the negotiation process…
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Matvienko: United Russia’s presidential candidate to be announced Dec 17

“Congress of the United Russia Party will be held on Dec 17, at which delegates will introduce their candidate for March 2008 presidential election,”..
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PACE monitoring mission evaluation non-biased? Opinion

Evaluation of parliamentary election in Russia presented by leaders of PACE monitoring mission is politically biased, OSCE mission representative, member of Council of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan said in an interview to REGNUM…
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European observers: praise election, then condemn it overnight

Observers from CIS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) have disagreed with observers from OSCE and PACE on the nature of parliament vote for the State Duma of the 5th convocation held in Russia Dec 2 2007…
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Ukraine to sue Russia in court for Kerch Straits accident?

Ukraine will file a suit in international institutions to demand information on the cargo of ships wrecked and drowned in the Kerch Straits during a storm on Nov 11, if Russia fails to promptly present the information, REGNUM reports head of Ukraine’s foreign ministry’s press service Andrey Deshitsa to inform Dec 4…
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Russia’s FM confirms LUKOIL Overseas employee to be detained in Libya

Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Mikhail Kamynin have confirmed that employee of the LUKOIL Overseas Company Alexander Tsygankov has been detained in Tripoli (Libya), Russian MFA press service informs…
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Russia to continue course of “national economic egoism” in foreign policy: Ukrainian expert

Success at the yesterday’s Russian parliamentary election of political parties that in some way support Putin’s political course can be regarded as a successful referendum of trust to the plan of Vladimir Putin, REGNUM correspondent in Kiev quotes Ukrainian political scientist, head of Center for Civil Society Studies Vitaly Kulik to say…
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Lithuanian foreign minister: We are the first to win or lose when relations between EU and Russia change

A joint session of Lithuanian-Russian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic, science and technology, humanitarian and cultural cooperation was held today, Dec 4, in Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast…
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