January 31, 2008 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan. 31, 2008

310108.jpgTODAY: New OSCE spats for March presidential election, and Putin orders FSB to prevent external meddling. Kudrin criticizes Russia’s foreign policy. Putin and Medvedev call for environmental improvements. Khodorkovsky stars hunger strike. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has warned that they could again refuse to take part in Russia’s elections, as Russia’s restrictions are “making it impossible for them to assess the campaign.” President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has ordered the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, to guard againstoutside” interference in the presidential election. He also called on the FSB to speed up the formation of a comprehensive system of anti-terror security.