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Lower house moves towards raising fines for illegal rallies

May 23, 2012 RT.com
Russia’s State Duma has approved in the first reading a bill introducing tougher punishment for organizing and taking part in illegal protests.

Medvedev accepts offer to head ruling party

April 27, 2012 RIA Novosti
Outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev accepted a formal offer on Friday to take up the leadership of the ruling United Russia party, two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin resigned from the post.

Putin quits United Russia party

April 24, 2012 RIA Novosti
President-in-waiting Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he would stand down as head of the ruling United Russia party and nominated outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader.

Medvedev to replace Putin as United Russia leader - report

April 16, 2012 RT.com
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev are poised to meet with top members of the United Russia party to negotiate Medvedev becoming the party’s leader in late May, a Russian business daily reported.

Now even the stars and the heavens turn away from Putin?

January 19, 2012 Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti
As Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suffers an unprecedented slump in popularity, a number of Russia’s celebrities have also been expressing their newfound dissatisfaction with his rule.

Politics in Russia is reborn

December 6, 2011 Konstantin von Eggert, specially for RIR
Rather than once again producing a rubber-stamp victory for the ruling party, Russia’s State Duma elections on Dec. 4 have revived the whole concept of politics in Russia.

United Russia fails to win 50 percent in State Duma elections

December 5, 2011 Dmitry Babich, Specially for RIR
The results of Russia’s State Duma elections will be finalized only in the morning, but it’s already clear that for the first time since 2003, United Russia did not receive the majority of the popular vote

Russian elections: same players – different numbers

December 5, 2011 RIR
According to exit polls, United Russia is far ahead of its competitors with 46 percent of the vote. And yet, the day was far from a victory for the ruling party, which won the 2007 elections with the support of 65 percent of all voters

Presidential poll 2012: Putin’s candidacy endorsed

November 28, 2011 Russia Today TV Channel
The United Russia party convention has unanimously voted to nominate its leader, Vladimir Putin, as its presidential candidate for the March 4 elections

Voters' choice: 7 parties and 1 sure winner!

November 24, 2011 Yevgeny Utkin, RIR
The number of parties contesting the Duma polls and the margin of United Russia's victory aren't known yet. But everything else is as predictable as it can get.