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To: TigerPaw who wrote (201951)9/15/2004 12:50:45 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1573190
 
<font color=brown>What's next? The West is divided as Putin asserts his authority!<font color=black>

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004. Page 1.

Papers Say Kremlin Mounting a 'Coup'

By Anatoly Medetsky

Staff Writer President Vladimir Putin's plan to fight terrorism by seeking stronger Kremlin control over society is "a coup" that shows "disregard for the Constitution," Russian newspapers said Tuesday.

Western countries voiced similar concerns over what they saw as a step back from democracy.

"Putin Disregards the Constitution" declared a front-page headline in Kommersant, which like other newspapers dedicated their front pages to articles about Putin's announcement Monday to get rid of the popular vote for regional leaders and to change the way the State Duma is elected.

Independent State Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told Kommersant that the move to abandon the popular vote for regional leaders runs counter to the Constitution, citing a Constitutional Court ruling from 1996.

But Vladimir Tumanov, chairman of the Constitutional Court at the time, told the newspaper that the Constitution did not directly determine how local elections should be held and that the 1996 ruling could be set aside in the interests of national security.

Kommersant, which is controlled by businessman and Putin critic Boris Berezovsky, concluded in a commentary that the president's plans would be "ineffective" and change hardly anything in practice.

themoscowtimes.com
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