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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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05.11.2004 - Putin signs law on Kyoto Protocol ratification
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the federal law on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the presidential press service said on Friday.
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04.11.2004 - Duma speaker congratulates Republicans on victory in U.S. elections
Duma speaker and United Russia leader Boris Gryzlov has congratulated the Republican Party on the victory of George W. Bush in the presidential elections.
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03.11.2004 - Rights campaigners ask EU to influence Russian policy on Chechnya
The International Helsinki Federation (IHF) has called on European Union countries to ask Russia to observe human rights in Chechnya.
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01.11.2004 - "it is too early to talk about the death of democracy in Russia"
Former co-chair of the SPS and current member of the Committee 2008 Irina Khakamada said, "it is too early to talk about the death of democracy in Russia" and announced the creation of a new party: Nash Vybor (Our Choice). Khakamada said the current authorities were not capable of providing an adequate response to modern challenges and therefore different authorities, "with a human face," needed to be chosen.
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01.11.2004 - The so-called coalition of patriotic forces has been established in Russia
We conducted serious talks with political parties over the last few months, deciding to set up a coalition of Russia’s patriots. This coalition will comprise nine political parties, Gennady Semigin, chairman of the Russian Popular-Patriotic Union, noted.
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01.11.2004 - Ustinov comments on initiative to detain terrorists’ relatives
Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov has offered his comment on an initiative he put forward during a State Duma session on Friday that suggests detaining relatives of extremists for the period of terrorist attacks that involve the taking of hostages.
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29.10.2004 - Russia to stick to liberal principles
Russian economic policies will comply with liberal principles of development, Russian Economy Minister German Gref told journalists. Gref is visiting the German city of Stuttgart, as he is a member of the Russian delegation at an investment conference.
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28.10.2004 - Russian statesmen ought to seek Muslim leaders’ advice for an explicit definition of Wahhabism before it is outlawed
"The State Council will soon hold session to discuss anti-terror combat. Legislative ban on Wahhabism will be on the agenda thus to tie in terrorism with Islam," he said to today’s Moscow conference of the Russian Interreligious Council. The Federation Council, parliament’s upper house, was hosting.
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