Russian election, again
Putin party secures huge victory"The United Russia party of President Vladimir Putin has secured more than 60% of the vote in Sunday's election, preliminary official results indicate.
"Only two other pro-Kremlin parties and the opposition Communists appear to have got sufficient votes to pass the threshold needed for seats in the Duma..."United Russia has admitted there were some irregularities on Sunday, but said they were not significant enough to affect the result...
"With nearly 98% of ballots counted, the Central Election Commission announced on Monday morning that United Russia was leading with 64.1%, while the opposition Communists trailed with 11.6%.
"Only two other parties - the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and A Fair Russia, which are allied to United Russia - are on track to clear the 7% threshold required to qualify for seats..."
Labels: elections, politics, Russia
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:28 AM
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