Russia Election

• Putin seals 5th term in predetermined election landslide

  Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years with a predetermined landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition.

  World

  Mar 18
  
• Russians cast ballots in an election preordained to extend Putin’s rule

  Russia's election comes against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has stifled independent media and prominent rights groups.

  Politics

  Mar 17
  
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• How does Putin stay in power?

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sweep to power in another illegitimate election. How does he maintain his grip and what does it mean for Ukraine and NATO?

  World

  Mar 15
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• Vladimir Putin on brink of 6 more years in power as Russia’s election begins

  Russia began three days of voting on Friday in an presidential election that is set to extend the rule of Vladimir Putin by six more years.

  World

  Mar 15
• Russian election a chance to show Putin is ‘vulnerable,’ Navalny camp says

  Beating Russian President Vladimir Putin in an "election" is "impossible," top aides to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny say.

  World

  Dec 11, 2023
• Russia sets 2024 election date as Putin moves closer to 5th term as president

  Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office.

  World

  Dec 7, 2023
• Reports of violations as Russians vote in three-day parliamentary election

  The Golos election-monitoring movement and independent media reported vote-buying and lax measures for guarding ballots at polling stations.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2021
• Russia’s Kremlin cracks down on dissent before September parliamentary election

  Andrei Pivovarov, the head of Open Russia that dissolved itself last week, was pulled off a Warsaw-bound plane at St. Petersburg's airport just before takeoff late Monday.

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2021
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• Putin won’t congratulate Biden until ‘legal procedures’ completed

  The Russian president is one of a handful of world leaders who have not commented on Biden's victory, which was called by major news organizations on Saturday.

  Politics

  Nov 9, 2020
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• ‘Grave threat’: Trump campaign, Russia interacted during 2016 election, Senate says

  While the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee report implicates associates of the Trump campaign, it does not say Trump himself was involved.

  World

  Aug 18, 2020