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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 15 > Longer presidential term closer to reality in Russia

Longer presidential term closer to reality in Russia

By Ellen Barry / The Bulletin
November 15, 2008

MOSCOW — As a bill extending Russia’s presidency to six years from four barreled through the Russian legislature on Friday, it fell to the old-timers from the Communist Party to put up a fight.

“Why do we have to do this today?” said Viktor Ilyukhin, a....

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