In the vanguard of the fight for the Duma were the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy] Reference

The Duma was the logical center around which the democratic forces of the country could rally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy] Reference

MR. SPERLING: I think probably the most immediate thing they have before the Duma is the tax reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Gene Sperling] Reference

Another milestone is the establishment of a parliament called the Duma, consisting of a House of Commons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

The bill that passed the Duma was a weakened version of an original bill that would have expanded the FSB's powers even more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference

Political unrest forced Nicholas to grant a constitution and call the Duma to sit, establishing Russia as a constitutional monarchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference

"Duma," and has lately offered -- perhaps as war measures only -- autonomy to her Poles and equal rights of citizenship to her Jews.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe] Reference

Leon Trotsky runs for the nomination of the "Duma" party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

I think so, but it completely depends on the Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good News For The Pro-Westerners?] Reference

An obedient majority has been created in the Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quitting The 'Obedient Majority'] Reference

But talks would begin only after the Duma ratifies START II.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Moves To Kill Weapons] Reference

The Duma today is just the judicial department of the executive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quitting The 'Obedient Majority'] Reference

Unpredictable elections beckon for both the Duma and the presidency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Action, Not Words] Reference

What kind of economy does the Communist faction in the Duma advocate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian Reflections] Reference

Why did you quit the Duma, where you had a chance to fight these bad laws?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quitting The 'Obedient Majority'] Reference

He's a deputy, and three quarters of our Duma consists of the same Makashovs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fears Among Russia's Jews] Reference

The Duma, on Kremlin instructions, added seven new articles to the criminal code.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear Comes to the Russian Heartland] Reference

A clue will come Monday, when he addresses the Duma as his confirmation process begins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian Roulette] Reference

It's absolutely ridiculous if you look at the way Putin handled the Duma elections last month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollow Victory] Reference

In doing so he would be going after the very power base that's set to deliver him the new Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

"We are not trying to rebuild the Soviet Union," explains pro-Kremlin Duma deputy Sergei Markov.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medvedev Doctrine] Reference

My understanding is that President Yeltsin and Sergei Stepashin are not determined to fight the Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good News For The Pro-Westerners?] Reference

"A serious response is expected," said Sergey Butin, spokesman for the Duma, the lower house of Parliament.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Around The World ...] Reference

As Putin's recently appointed prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, observed, "the Duma is no place for discussions.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Managing the Vote] Reference

Chernomyrdin's own party members in the Duma are talking about price controls and the nationalization of some banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian Roulette] Reference

Duma parliamentarian Vladimir Golovlyov was assassinated on Aug. 21 while walking his dog in the woods near his home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Future] Reference

Makashov's Duma colleagues have neither rebuked him for his remarks nor stripped him of his immunity from prosecution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fears Among Russia's Jews] Reference

The move was an attempt to build on Kremlin-Duma talks begun last summer, but Primakov hadn't cleared it with his boss.    From Wordnik.com.  [President-In-Waiting] Reference

If he doesn't, and the Duma confirms Kiriyenko, the communists 'all-talk-no-action cravenness will have been reaffirmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Third Time's The Charm?] Reference

Some political analysts believe the denial was simply part of a bargaining process with the emboldened communists in the Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian Roulette] Reference

The communist-dominated legislature, or Duma, which must approve Chernomyrdin as prime minister, is holding his nomination hostage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian Roulette] Reference

Corruption charges have dogged Yeltsin since last summer, when political foes raised the issue and forced an impeachment vote in the Duma.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of An Era] Reference