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Exit poll: Armenian president reelected
Just over 60 percent of Armenia's 2.5 million eligible voters cast ballots in the election today, reelecting President Serge Sarkisian, according to an exit poll.
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In Election Day Olympics, US gets an F from the Russian judge
In what may be tit-for-tat recriminations for US expressions of concern regarding Russian democracy, the Russian elections chief ranks the US election system 'the worst in the world.'
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Ukraine elections confirm divisions over Russia, Europe
The results, which keep the ruling party in power with a still-strong opposition, show the divide between the country's Europe-leaning west, moderate center, and Moscow-oriented east.
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Nobel Peace Prize: Could a Russian win this year?
Several Russian contenders are among the favorites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to be awarded Friday. But a Russian winner could make for sour relations between Norway and Russia.
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International monitors say Belarus election neither free nor fair (+video)
The European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have dismissed parliamentary elections in Belarus as a sham, further isolating the landlocked state from the West.
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In Europe's sketchiest election, Belarus votes in entirely pro-government parliament (+video)
Not a single member of an opposition party won seat in Belarus's parliamentary elections, which have been widely condemned by international observers.
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Kazakh opposition leader on trial for attempting to overthrow government
Vladimir Kozlov faces 13 years in prison if convicted of charges that include orchestrating dissent among striking oil workers. Observers fear the trial could undermine some of the country's progress in developing a multiparty democracy.
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'An insult': Russian election observers reject Putin's win
Russia's League of Voters, organized in the wake of December's fraud-marred parliamentary election, called the March 4 presidential election 'an insult to civil society.'
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Putin wins. Will Russians buy in? (+video)
Questions of legitimacy are dogging Putin's overwhelming presidential win Sunday. Opposition leaders say they plan weeks of protest to force changes in Russia's 'managed' democracy.
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Global News Blog Kazakhstan vote fails key democracy test, say officials (+video)
The oil-rich former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan has yet to hold an election that Western observers agree is fair, despite 20 years of democracy.
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Occupy Moscow? Street protests over Vladimir Putin presidency
On Monday, 5,000 protesters chanted "Russia without Putin." More protests are planned Wednesday night in Moscow over election rigging by Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.
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Putin's party ekes out majority in controversial Russia election
A slim -- and messy -- victory for the United Russia party in Sunday's elections foreshadows troubles for Vladimir Putin's coming bid for the presidency.
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Kazakhstan's snap elections draw international criticism
International observers point to serious irregularities during the Sunday snap presidential vote in Kazakhstan that resulted in a sweeping victory of longtime incumbent President Nazarbayev.
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Guardian reporter expelled from Russia in cold war echo
Luke Harding, Moscow correspondent of Britain's Guardian newspaper, was told that 'Russia is closed to you.' Even in Soviet times, expulsions of international journalists was rare and usually connected with a diplomatic crisis.
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Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown
Police in Belarus arrested more than 600 activists protesting Sunday's election that handed President Alexander Lukashenko a fourth term. He told opponents Monday, 'You are messing with the wrong guy.'
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Belarus election ends in protests, police crackdown
Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko won a fourth term by a significant majority, but large protests by the opposition and a harsh police response signal this could be a difficult term.
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The Monitor's View: Time to reset the reset in US-Russia ties
Human rights and democracy abuses have worsened in Russia. Despite a smoother relationship from the diplomatic 'reset' between Washington and Moscow, the US should more forcefully pressure Russia for progress on rights, especially as elections loom.
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Ambiguity surrounding Kyrgyzstan elections raises fresh concern of instability
The Kyrgyz government Wednesday approved a controversial vote recount, raising the specter of fresh instability in a country whose political system has been shattered by two violent revolutions in barely five years.
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Kyrgyzstan ex-president's brother arrested - with wig and fake mustache
Police say they found the brother of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev with a pistol and ammunition, a wig, and a false mustache and beard. He was arrested for having a role in the Kyrgyzstan violence last month.
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Why Russia's Medvedev is blasting ally Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly criticized a government reform vote in Kyrgyzstan that passed Sunday with 91 percent support.
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Georgia elections a triumph for Saakashvili
The first Georgia elections since the country's defeat in its brief war with Russia in 2008 were a triumph for President Mikhael Saakashvili. His party rolled to victory in major cities, and observers said the poll was reasonably fair.
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Kyrgyzstan authorizes deadly force on wave of riots, looting
Deposed Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev insisted from Belarus on Wednesday he was still the country's rightful leader, while the interim government in Bishkek authorized the use of deadly force to put down looting and ethnic violence.
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Kyrgyzstan president resigns, leaving new leaders in full control
Kyrgyzstan President Bakiyev resigned Thursday and fled to Kazakhstan. The interim government of Roza Otunbayeva must now try to restore order to the highly strategic but unstable country.
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Ukraine tense as Tymoshenko moves to contest vote
Yulia Tymoshenko was refusing to concede her narrow defeat by Viktor Yanukovich in Sunday's Ukraine elections. Many say it's doubtful she can prove violations of fraud in the brief period allowed for court challenges.
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Ukraine tense as election fraud allegations fly
The Ukraine Central Election Commission posted an announcement late Monday on its website showing Viktor Yanukovich is in the lead to be Ukraine's next president. But his main rival Yulia Tymoshenko is alleging fraud.
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