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ORT Review
www.ortv.ru
Compiled by Luba Schwartzman (luba7@bu.edu)
Research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy
at Boston University
HEADLINES,
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
- Today is "Constitution Day" - this important document of the Russian Federation celebrates its eight anniversary.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the Constitution Day banquet. He stated that an extension of presidential terms would be inadmissible. The Russian President also attended the opening ceremony for a new section of Moscow's third transport ring road, for Moscow's 163rd Metro station -- "Annino" and visited the military town of Lefortovo.
- Russian General Prosecutor Vlaidimir Ustinov read the closing argument against Salman Raduev. Ustinov demanded a life imprisonment for the accused.
- Snipers in Chechnya continue to neutralize landmines along the central streets of Grozny.
- Federal service officers have conducted a special operation in Argun. Twenty people suspected of belonging to illegal military formations have been detained.
- Yakutian President Mikhail Nikolaev has decided to withdraw from running for a third term. He asked his supporters to vote for ALROS Director Vyacheslav Shtyrov.
- Central Electoral Commision Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov declared that it is necessary to get at least 50 percent of the eligible voters to attend the elections and make sure that the election goes through as planned..
- Dogowners in Kostroma have offered to patrol the streets and parks to make them safer at night.
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