15.11.2004 - Mintimer Shaimiyev, who is a co-chairman of the United Russia party, criticized the State Duma and United Russia’s leaders
On Saturday, Tatarstan’s president, Mintimer Shaimiyev, who is a co-chairman of the United Russia party, criticized the State Duma and United Russia’s leaders for adopting the law on the new procedure for electing the heads of Federation constituent members in the first reading.
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15.11.2004 - Elections in Russian regions and cities underway
The mayoral elections in the Russian Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk may be pronounced as valid. More than 25.5 percent of recorded voters went to the polls by 14.00 local time, Tass learnt at the city election commission. The threshold turnout is 20 percent.
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14.11.2004 - Eradicating terrorism among Russia’s priorities in Caucasus
Russia’s State Duma first deputy speaker Lyubov Sliska said the eradication of terrorism and extremism was Moscow’s priority in the Caucasus.
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13.11.2004 - Duma votes for smoking restrictions
The amended bill on imposing smoking restrictions has passed the Russian State Duma in third and final reading. The bill prohibits smoking and selling cigarettes in medical care, cultural, sports and educational institutions. The sale of cigarettes in the nearby territories is also prohibited. The bill prohibits smoking on public transport, at working cites and on airplanes if the flight is less than 3 hours. 420 deputies voted to support the bill.
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11.11.2004 - Half of Russia’s upper house members of pro-Kremlin party
Twenty-three Federation Council members joined the pro-Kremlin United Russia party on Thursday, giving United Russia control of exactly half of the seats in the upper house, which is equivalent to a plenary session quorum.
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11.11.2004 - The government backs a new non-commercial organization Izdatelskaya Initsiativa
The government backs a new non-commercial organization Izdatelskaya Initsiativa, which intends to focus efforts to reorganize the current system of distributing press media, Mikhail Seslavinsky, the head of the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications, said at a Moscow press conference.
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11.11.2004 - Court orders custody of Russian scientist
The Krasnoyarsk regional court ordered taking in custody scientist Valentin Danilov on Wednesday.
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11.11.2004 - Duma rejects bill restricting parliamentary immunity
The State Duma turned down a bill that would restrict parliamentary immunity after discussing it in the first reading on Wednesday.
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11.11.2004 - The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill setting the lower limit of 50,000 members
Under the bill, the minimal strength of a party has to be 50,000 members, rather than 10,000 as now. A political party has to run regional offices no less than 500 people strong in more than half of the 89 Russia’s constituent regions, and offices no less than 250 people strong in other regions.
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08.11.2004 - The United Popular Party of Soldiers’ Mothers had a constituent congress today, and elected Valentina Melnikova its leader
If the Justice Ministry registers the party to get it on an official footing, it will certainly run for parliament. If it is success at the nearest parliamentary election, three years later, the first bill it will offer to the State Duma, lower house, will demand to abolish army conscription, Mrs. Melnikova said to the media.
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