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Russia Election

Win For Putin Projected

The Associated Press | Posted 05.04.2012 | Canada
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AP -- Vladimir Putin swept Sunday's presidential election to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold over Russia for six more years, incomplete retu...

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Opposition to Vladimir Putin a Sign of Democracy

Peter Worthington | Posted 02.11.2012 | Canada
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Peter Worthington

The fact that the top politician in Russia can be denounced in the streets with something resembling impunity, is reassuring and evidence of democracy. Russia is not the old Soviet Union where criticism was viewed as treason, and elections were won by 98 per cent of the vote going to the only candidate on the ballot.

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Exit Polls Show Drop In Support For Putin's Party

Associated Press | Posted 02.03.2012 | Canada
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MOSCOW - Exit polls cited by Russian state television showed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party with less than 50 per cent of the vote in Sunday's ...

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