Sunday, October 14, 2007

Rice Worried by Putin's Broad Powers

MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday."In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic...

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