Euronews:
"pro-Kremlin parties without surprise winners of the regional elections in Russia
Partial results released this morning show that the party" United Russia ", and" Fair Russia "who support Vladimir Putin, leading in 13 regions out of 14 .
Thirty million Russians went to the polls to renew the legislative councils in 14 provinces and mayors of 87 municipalities. The vote was seen as a dress rehearsal before the December parliamentary and presidential elections in March 2008. With this new success, Vladimir Putin, who under the constitution can not seek a third presidential term, and managed the feat of establishing a form of bipartisanship, while giving the illusion ofe Stavropol to United Russia, to 23%.
Most observers believe that Russia is just an instrument also remotely by Putin, to channel the anti-protestors vote United Russia, training considered corrupt, and thus prevent it refocuses on genuine opposition parties . Sergei Mironov
, founder of Just Russia and chairman of the Upper House, was pleased that his new party had "made real competition in politics," according to ITAR-Tass. "
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