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Sunday election day in 76 regions

Tags: elections, Politics, News, Russia
 
Mar 12, 2010 21:38 Moscow Time
The United Russia Party. Photo: RIA Novosti
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People in 76 Russian regions are going to the polls on Sunday in some six thousand regional and local elections and referendums. In eight regions, they will be electing regional assemblies, and in five, new Mayors of their provincial cities. The United Russia Party says it can once again successfully beat off challenges from Just Russia, the Communists, the Liberal Democrats and the Yabloko party. The National Electoral Commission reports full readiness for Sunday’s elections. 

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