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	Online NewsHour: Election Offers Little Hope for Increased Stability in Chechnya -- October 3, 2003
		Voters in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya go to the polls Sunday to choose a president, the outcome of which is widely expected to confirm Kremlin-backed Akhmad Kadyrov as the region's next leader.
		The election, a critical part of Russian President Vladmir Putin's plan to restore Chechnya to normalcy and peace, is sparking little hope for political renewal in the small republic torn by internal violence and a decade-old battle for independence from the Russian Federation.
		Some Russian military officials admit the security situation in Chechnya is not optimal for an election, as evidenced by the heavy protection in place for the polling stations, which includes alarm systems, mine detectors, closed roads and other security measures.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/chechnya/updates/election_chechnya.html (1596 words)

	Yabloko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yabloko, (official title: the Russian Democratic Party Yabloko, in Russian: Российская демократическая партия "Яблоко") is a Russian social-liberal party, led by Grigory Yavlinsky.
		It is widely believed that the vote-count in the 2003 Russian parliamentary election was marred by fraud.
		This success was seen by Yabloko leaders as a hopeful sign for the 2007 Russian parliamentary election, and reinforced the view that Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces need to unite in order to be elected to the State Duma in 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yabloko (456 words)

	Duma, Neo-Stalinism - JRL 8001
		Results of election to the new Russian Duma which is a prologue for an already written play called the presidential election 2004 has marked with clearness and determination the new direction of development of the Russian society and life for a sufficiently long time.
		Besides, during the election campaign Zhirinovsky repeatedly went in an open harsh public clashes, up to the public boxing, with Motherland block’s representatives who are extreme Russian nationalists, and in comparison with whom even Zhirinovsky’s infamous public declarations sounds as a Russian version of mother Teresa’s speeches.
		As the results of the fresh Serbian election did show right now, extreme nationalism is returning back victoriously in the countries who have a strong historical inclinations to it, and who were not courageous enough to clean itself from this menace before it would be too late.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/8001-14.cfm (4180 words)

	Essential Background: Overview of human rights issues in Russia (Human Rights Watch, 31-12-2003)
		The December 2003 landslide victory of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party in the parliamentary elections delivered Putin an utterly compliant legislature that is unlikely to serve as a needed check on executive authority.
		The government painted the March 2003 referendum on Chechnya’s status and the October 2003 election for president of the republic as evidence that a political solution had been found to the conflict.
		Russian authorities have been citing the success of criminal justice reforms as one of the major achievements of the past year.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2003/12/31/russia7273.htm (1439 words)

	AEI - Events
		Although results are still being tallied, it is clear that the election was a decisive victory for the United Russia party, associated with the Kremlin, and a major setback for both the Communists and the liberal, democratic parties, Yabloko and the Union of Rightist Forces (SPS).
		In December 2002, an election was held for the Novgorod mayor.
		The September 2003 gubernatorial election was predictable, as the governor was reelected with 80 percent of the vote.
	www.aei.org /events/eventID.679,filter./summary.asp (1474 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| US shares Russia poll concerns
		The election was "overwhelmingly distorted" by pro-government bias, the OSCE said.
		Twenty-three parties were competing for half of the 450 places in the State Duma of parliament, in the fourth such election since the collapse of communism in the early 1990s.
		Election officials put voter turnout at about 56%, compared with 53.9% recorded during the last Duma vote in 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3300483.stm (626 words)

	Pravda.RU:Russian Election Commission chief: 2003 parliamentary race's to be tough one (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russian Election Commission chief: 2003 parliamentary race's to be tough one
		The forthcoming election will be fundamentally different from all previous polls, Veshnyakov told a Moscow press conference Wednesday.
		As the Election Commission chief said, the parties that will make it into parliament's lower house will become entitled to public financing in amounts proportionate to the number of votes they have garnered.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/09/03/49778_.html (271 words)

	UMJIA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On October 15, 2003, Azerbaijan, a small, former USSR nation located in the Caucasus Mountains in Eurasia, held crucial presidential elections in which members of two major opposing parties fought for the position: the New Azerbaijan Party, led by Prime Minister Ilhiam Aliev, was contested by the Musavat (Equality) Party, with candidate Isa Gambar.
		This election was instrumental in that it represented Azerbaijan 's first opportunity for democratic transition of power in the post-Soviet era—an opportunity that was not fulfilled.
		Britain was less likely to influence the outcome of elections in the United States than Russia is in Azerbaijan due to the geographical separation of the two nations, as well as the revolutionaries' assertive military victory in the American War for Independence.
	www.umich.edu /~mjia/archives/nov2003/sloan1103.htm (793 words)

	A Short History of Russian Elections' Short Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russia's second experiment with general elections, launched at the close of the 20th century, has lasted for nearly 15 years, but it, too, is coming to an end.
		The restrictive election law allowed for candidates to be vetted by district electoral nominating conferences whose delegates the party tried to appoint in secret.
		The elections to the Russian Congress of People's Deputies and local government offices in 1990 were the freest since the time of the Constituent Assembly.
	www.gwu.edu /~ieresgwu/AShortHistoryofRussianElectionsShortLife.htm (1853 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian Election Commission chief: 2003 parliamentary race's to be tough one
		The Russian president's press service told RIA Novosti that the decree fixed the election to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly on December 7, 2003.
		Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will hold a visiting session of the Presidium of the State Council in Rostov-on-Don (the south of Russia) on the theme: Water Resources and the Development of the Water Economy in Russia.
		Russian representatives handed in to Cyprus their proposals regarding possible privileges after entry visas are introduced from January 1, 2004.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/09/03/49778.html (2139 words)

	Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг), or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Irkutsk Oblast).
		In a referendum held on April 16, 2006, the majority of residents in Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug agreed to the unification of the two regions.
		According to regions' electoral commissions, 68.92% of residents of Irkutsk Oblast and 99.45% of residents in Ust-Orda Buryatia took part in the vote, making it one of the best attended plebiscites in the country since the 2003 Russian election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ust-Orda_Buryatia (278 words)

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		The year 2003 was marked by several new trends in the changing nature of anti-Semitism in Russia.
		The 2003 political campaign for the Duma was marked by a significant rise of nationalistic rhetoric.
		The main surprise brought by the elections was the victory of "Rodina".
	www.adl.org /Anti_semitism/as_russia_2003.asp (2909 words)

	AEI - Short Publications
		In the Russian case, these factors include the state of the economy and the dynamic of relative well-being, the national consensus on eco-nomic and political systems, the life cycles of single-issue parties, and the political preferences and turnout in different demographic groups.
		In the twenty working days before the election, each of the twenty-three parties on the national ballot was entitled to three hours of free airtime on the three state-owned television networks, plus two hours on the two state-owned national radio stations for political advertising and debates between its leaders and those of other parties.
		All the parties competing in the elections had their platforms, information about the candidates, and a plethora of campaign materials posted on websites where they could be easily accessed, copied, and distributed by anyone wishing to do so.
	www.aei.org /publications/pubID.19732/pub_detail.asp (5626 words)

	Monitoring the Misuse of Adminsitrative Resources during the Campaign for the December 2003 Russian Federal State Duma ...
		The misuse of administrative resources is increasingly recognized as a serious type of political corruption in elections, particularly in countries of the former Soviet Union.
		A detailed explanation of the project can be found in the report Monitoring the misuse of administrative resources during the campaign for the December 2003 Russian Federal state Duma elections (pdf), which was launched last week in Moscow.
		Election commissions at all levels failed to enforce campaign regulations by failing to respond to complaints, rejecting well-founded complaints and/or failing to initiate court proceedings.
	www.justiceinitiative.org /db/resource2?res_id=102522 (819 words)

	Russian Election
		27 February: Early voting in presidential election to begin for citizens in remote areas of the Russian Federation.
		14 March: Election for president of the Russian Federation to be held.
		14 March: Gubernatorial elections in Voronezh, Murmansk, Chita, and Arkhangelsk oblasts, Altai and Krasnodar krais, and Koryak Autonomous Okrug..
	www.rferl.org /specials/russianelection/timeline.asp (194 words)

	Russia's presidential election seems certain, but its democratic future remains in doubt
		The "Kremlin Power and the 2003-04 Russian Elections" workshop will introduce fresh research related to Russian elections and allow for new perspectives on what the current election cycle means for the study of Russian democracy.
		The leftist opposition, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), lost more than half of its members of parliament in the December election, and the liberal opposition parties have all but disappeared from the Duma.
		He points to the fierce competition that occurred during parliamentary elections between 1996, when Boris Yeltsin won a second term as president, and 2000, when Putin was chosen to succeed him.
	newsinfo.iu.edu /news/page/normal/1296.html (885 words)

	2/12/2003 -- Russian election politicking over Kyoto Protocol nothing more than hot air
		Milan, Italy - The statement of a Russian economic advisor against the Kyoto Protocol was nothing more than pre-election bluster, ahead of Moscow’s Duma election this Sunday, according to WWF and Greenpeace, speaking at the Kyoto Protocol talks in Milan.
		A Russian economic advisor to President Putin, Andrei Illarionov, had stated today that he believed Russia would not ratify the Kyoto Protocol in its present form, because it placed "significant limitations on the economic growth of Russia".
		He opposed the Russian energy strategy which was adopted in May 2003, and he poured cold water on the economic plan for GDP growth, which was also later adopted."
	www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=27576 (432 words)

	Russian Election, Voter Database
		However, the CEC officials are convinced GAS requires comprehensive modernisation before the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
		The CEC officials insist that the sole purpose of compiling such a detailed database is to enable them to inform the electorate and authorities about any person who expresses an interest in standing for a public post, whether that post be a seat in a regional legislature or the presidency of Russia.
		Firstly the chief election official commented on the proposal put forward by certain parliamentarians and state officials to amend current electoral legislation to abolish the minimum turnout requirement.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/5608-9.cfm (1167 words)

	Washington Nuclear Update, 27 November 2003
		On September 15, 2003, Senator Feinstein (D-CAL) introduced amendment S.AMDT.1655 to the Senate for the purpose of prohibiting the use of funds for Department of Energy activities relating to the RNEP, Advanced Weapons Concepts, modification of the readiness posture of the Nevada Test Site and the Modern Pit Facility.
		On November 18, 2003 the House of Representatives agreed to the conference report through a registered vote of 387 in favour and 36 opposed.
		On October 2, 2003, the Russian ministry of defence issued a paper on modernizing its nuclear forces.
	www.basicint.org /update/WNU031127.htm (1813 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Russian Election Meddling Could Stoke Violence in Chechnya
		The election, Russian leaders evidently hoped when they organized it, would provide Akhmad Kadyrov, leader of the current Moscow-backed Chechen administration, with added legitimacy, thereby hastening the province’s pacification process.
		Accordingly, Russian officials are anxious to ensure that Kadyrov remains in charge of the Chechen administration.
		Russian observers now say that Kadyrov’s victory in the presidential vote is a foregone conclusion.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav091503.shtml (1046 words)

	Russia’s Presidential Election
		While some view the 2004 election as part of an authoritarian trend that is likely to continue for the foreseeable future in Russia, another possibility is that we are now effectively at the nadir of a cyclical pattern that can be seen as characteristic of “superpresi-dential” political systems.
		This is the sort of dynamic that we have seen in the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 as well as in the parliamentary contest of 2003; in each case, Putin’s immense popularity and firm control over the presidency made him the overwhelming favorite to win.
		He is the author of numerous articles on Russian politics and in 1999–2000 and 2003–2004 was the editor and chief writer for Russian Election Watch, an electronic publication of Harvard University and Indiana University funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~aaass/newsnet/2004-05-cover.html (3429 words)

	CNN.com - OSCE condemns Russia election - Dec. 8, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The main party supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading rivals by a large margin in parliamentary elections.
		International election observers have harshly criticized the pre-election process of Russia's parliamentary elections, saying it was biased towards the main pro-Kremlin party.
		The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) praised the Russian Election Commission "for its professional organization of these elections," but said that pre-conditions favoring the pro-state party resulted in apathy from voters who felt the results were pre-ordained.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/12/08/russia.poll (807 words)

	ti russia election campaigns / 2005 / in focus / news room / home - Transparency International
		The misuse of administrative resources - resources of the state and public sector, such as state-controlled media, official staff time, telephone and transport facilities - is increasingly recognised as a serious type of political corruption in elections, particularly in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
		The project was piloted at the Russian Federal state Duma elections in December 2003 and uncovered systematic misuse of state-controlled media by the governing party, which, when calculated in terms of the real cost savings to the party's campaign, exceeded the legal limit on campaign spending.
		A detailed explanation of the project can be found in the report Monitoring the misuse of administrative resources during the campaign for the December 2003 Russian Federal state Duma elections which was launched last week in Moscow.
	www.transparency.org /news_room/in_focus/2005/ti_russia_election_campaigns (669 words)

	Publications: Russian Election Watch: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
		Welcome to Russian Election Watch, a monthly bulletin jointly produced by Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA), Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and Indiana University.
		Our aim is to provide lively, insightful, and concise analysis of the 2003-04 Russian parliamentary and presidential elections for decisionmakers and all who are interested in Russia.
		Russian Election Watch will feature not only campaign coverage by an experienced Western eye, but also bold commentary from a set of Russia’s own leading analysts and insiders to party and electoral battles.
	daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu /publications/rew.html (373 words)

	Roundtable on Russian Politics and Foreign Policy - Council on Foreign Relations
		Sessions have addressed the question of a Russian-American energy "alliance"; Russian accession to the WTO and relations with the European Union; and the domestic political backdrop of Putin's strategy.
		In 2003-2004, sessions focused on the coming Russian election cycle (Putin faced re-election in March), while using the occasion to examine how Russian developments have and have not met expectations since 1991.
		The roundtable's current focus is on the evolution of Russian domestic politics in the wake of President Putin's re-election, the YUKOS affair, and the higher priority assigned to democratization by the United States.
	www.cfr.org /project/395/roundtable_on_russian_foreign_policy_in_the_wake_of_september_11.html (445 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Russian democracy in question
		The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has hailed the result of Sunday's elections for the lower house of parliament as another step towards "strengthening democracy" in Russia.
		The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which had 400 observers in Russia in the build-up to and during the vote, described it as a "regression in the democratisation of the country".
		Three months before he is due to stand for re-election, the Russian president has been given a Duma which he will be able to use as a rubber stamp for his own wishes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3300925.stm (610 words)

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