Independent election monitoring groups say their observers saw dozens of incidents of attempted ballot box-stuffing or casting of multiple ballots.
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The streets of Moscow are filled with anti-regime graffiti depicting Putin as a dictator leading the “party of the swindlers and thieves.”
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Russians debate how to respond to expected Putin victory in Sunday's elections; Gorbachev: Violent quelling of post-election protests an unlikely scenario.
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After talks in Damascus, Sergei Lavrov also says Assad had assured him he was 'completely committed' to seeking an end to violence by all sides.
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Lavrov tells Syrian president: You are aware of your responsibility; also says 'Moscow wants Arab peoples to live in peace and agreement'.
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Ship allowed to leave after giving authorities assurances it will change its destination, says government official.
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Demonstrations also held outside of Russia, particularly in countries with large Russian immigrant communities, including Israel
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition website, said 12 people were killed across the country yesterday.
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Experience teaches us that there is no reason to believe that Netanyahu will speak out against the damage Lieberman has done to whatever is left of Israel’s good name in the world.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency is convening now in Vienna for forum on the matter; Israel believes peace must come before nuclear-free zone achieved.
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Foreign Ministry says release of report would reduce hopes for dialogue with Tehran and suggesting it was aimed to scuttle the chances for a diplomatic solution.
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Sergei Lavrov says an attack would have unpredictable consequences; Russia is closest thing Iran has to a big power ally.
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Foreign Ministry's remarks echo statements made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week that Syria's leaders should step down if they cannot enact reforms.
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Russia signed a 2007 contract to sell the sophisticated systems that would have dramatically boosted Iran's ability to defend against airstrikes, but refuses to deliver the missiles claiming that UN sanctions prevent supplying them to Iran.
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Alain Juppe singles out Russia for preventing the imposition of harsher sanctions against Assad regime, due to Kremlin's unwillingness to approve them in United Nations Security Council.
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