Putin files prez nomination; Gorbhachev for re-election

Days after suffering a setback in the Duma polls and allegations of ballot rigging, Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin on Wednesday went ahead to file his nomination for contesting the March 2012......

Putin's United Russia party suffers poll setback

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party suffered a jolt by losing its parliamentary majority in an elections marred by allegation of corruption. Putin's party managed to cross......

It's official! Medvedev is Russian President

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev has been elected post-Communist Russia's third president for a four-year term, according to the official results of last Sunday's poll announced on Friday. According to......

Putin's protege is new Russian President

Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev is the new President of post-Communist Russia. Results after counting of90 per cent of the votes showed Medvedev had polled 70.03 per cent,......