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30 Dec 2004, 7:19 pm
[JURIST] In a symbolic break with the Soviet past, Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday signed a new law scrapping the old October revolution holiday in November as a day off work, redesignating it a Day of Military Glory commemorating the November 7, 1941 military parade in Moscow's Red Square. [read post]
21 Dec 2004, 1:59 pm
[JURIST] Updating a continuing story on JURIST's Paper Chase, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Baikal Finance Group, the little-known company that bought the production arm of oil giant Yukos at auction from the Russian authorities over the weekend, had a long history in the energy sector and that the sale, which took place in the face of a US court injunction, followed Russian [read post]
20 Dec 2004, 11:47 am
[JURIST] US-based rights monitoring group Freedom House said Monday in its annual report on human rights conditions in countries around the world that Russia had dropped into the category of "not free" in the wake of various authoritarian moves this past year by the government of President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
13 Dec 2004, 9:09 am
Not coincidentally, Sunday was also marked by President Vladimir Putin's signing of a bill that would make regional governor's subject to [read post]
8 Dec 2004, 11:26 am
[JURIST] The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, Wednesday approved legislation initiated by President Vladimir Putin that would remove regional governors from direct election by the people and instead make their offices appointed, subject to ratification by regional assemblies. [read post]
30 Nov 2004, 10:26 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced legislation Tuesday to the state Duma that would set a maximum service age for judges and justices of the peace at 70 years old. [read post]
18 Nov 2004, 9:55 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he doesn't intend to change the Russian constitution or take more power for the presidency when reforming Russia's government structure. [read post]
5 Nov 2004, 1:48 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Kyoto Protocol Friday, completing Russia's ratification of the treaty and giving the global warming accord enough signatures to come into force as early as next year. [read post]
17 Sep 2004, 4:56 am
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Friday criticized governmental changes proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin (BBC profile) that would remove certain voting rights and further centralize power in response to a recent spate of terrorist attacks. [read post]
16 Sep 2004, 8:46 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the possibility of negotiations with Chechen rebels at a news conference Thursday, equating the rebels' terrorist actions with those of Osama Bin Laden. [read post]
15 Sep 2004, 12:15 am
Wednesday's New York Times includes articles on reactions to Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned overhaul of Russia's electoral system, and on Tuesday's approval by the Republican-led US House of Representatives of a measure requiring sanctions against lawyers who file lawsuits deemed frivolous. [read post]
13 Sep 2004, 4:05 am
Monday's New York Times highlights President Vladimir Putin's move to strengthen the Kremlin's power throuugh central naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system, excluding popular vote in some cases. [read post]
13 Sep 2004, 3:29 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to expand the Russian central government's powers in response to recent terror attacks on Beslan and two Russian airliners (see JURIST's report on arrests in Beslan case here). [read post]
10 Sep 2004, 6:42 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to allow a parliamentary investigation into the events surrounding the deadly hostage crisis last week in the south of the country. [read post]
18 Jun 2004, 10:22 am
The Arbitration Court's ruling came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the government did not want Yukos bankrupt as a result of the [read post]
28 May 2004, 1:08 pm
" Bush made the remarks in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and in an appearance with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. [read post]
2 Apr 2004, 9:17 am
According to UPI, NATO's expansion to Russia's border was not welcomed publicly by Russian President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
24 Feb 2004, 9:03 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin [official English-language website] announced Tuesday in a surprise TV broadcast that he was dismissing Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and his entire cabinet. [read post]
2 Dec 2003, 12:38 am
In what observers are already characterizing as a "devastating" blow to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today at the COPS 9 UN [read post]
1 Dec 2003, 7:42 am
Reuters reports that in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Bush today expressed his concerns about the "rule of law" in Russia in the wake of the arrest of Russian oil [read post]
