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...denounced his tactics.) This did not stop loud calls by nationalist politicians for tough new antiterrorist measures, including the expulsion of Chechens from Moscow, declaration of a state of emergency and the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy speaker of the Duma, called for the postponement of next month's presidential elections. And yet the audaciousness of the subway attack has exposed Russia's vulnerability to terrorism. While Russian regulations require nonresidents of Moscow to report to police on arrival and state their business, outsiders, terrorists included, can easily stay as long as they...
...Basayev and denounces his tactics.) This did not stop loud calls by nationalist politicians for tough new antiterrorist measures, including the expulsion of Chechens from Moscow, declaration of a state of emergency and the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy speaker of the Duma, demanded the postponement of next month's presidential elections. The audacity of the subway attack has again exposed Russia's vulnerability to terrorism. While Russian law requires nonresidents of Moscow to report to police on arrival and state their business, Russian police and security structures are so corrupt that Chechen...
United Russia did obtain 37.5% of the Party List vote, but that only elects half of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma. When we take into account the full vote from Dec. 7, 2003, Party List and Single Seats vote, United Russia was four seats short of majority: 49.1% Furthermore, between Dec. 7 and Dec. 30 (the inaugural session of the new Duma), no less than 54 independents and deputies of other parties joined United Russia to give it precisely 300 seats. 300 out of 450, that’s two thirds, so United Russia alone...
...largest share of the vote of any electoral faction in the history of post-Soviet parliamentary politics, 37.5 percent. With the other solidly pro-Putin deputies added in, the ex-KGB officer has enough votes in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, to alter the Russian Constitution, a scary prospect in a country still shaking off centuries of despotic rule. Putin could use this constitutional majority to give himself a third term, or to extend his power to rule by decree, or to do whatever the hell he wanted with United Russia and the electorate...
After last week's Duma elections, Russia's future lies more than ever in the hands of Vladimir Putin. Parties loyal to the President swept the parliament - albeit by tactics condemned by foreign observers. So Putin now has the power to transform the country - but does he have the vision? Watch these crucial areas: PRESIDENT TILL 2011?: Up for re-election in March 2004, Putin insists he has no plans to amend the constitution to change the presidential term from four to seven years - or lift the two-term limit. Allies and adversaries alike predict he will. SATELLITE STATES: Putin...