| December 2011 |
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Talks between supporters of South Ossetian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva and Russian Presidential Administration head Sergie Vinokurov, acting as the mediator between the South Ossetian opposition and official Tskhinvali, have failed, Dzhioyeva supporter Alan Pliyev told journalists on Sunday.
The results of the vote on Sunday in Russia's parliamentary elections were "optimal" and "really reflect the situation in the country," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as early election results showed his United Russia party had suffered siginificant losses at the polls.
The results of the vote on Sunday in Russia's parliamentary elections were "optimal" and "really reflect the situation in the country," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as early election results showed his United Russia party had suffered siginificant losses at the polls.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party failed on Sunday to win a majority in legislative elections, exit polls showed, confounding forecasts and confirming waning popular enthusiasm for the country’s dominant political organization.
The turnout in the State Duma elections in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya hit 94 percent as of 6:00 p.m. local time (14:00 GMT), the head of the local election commission said on Sunday.
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United Russia party has garnered 48.5 percent in Russia's parliamentary elections, according to exit polls released by the All-Russia Center for Public Opinion (VTsIOM) on Sunday after polling stations closed at 9:00 p.m. local time in the westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad.
Putin’s United Russia party falls short of Duma majority: exit polls
Parties competing for representation in the State Duma elections have complained of "tons of violations" during the Sunday polls, including illegal campaigning, vote fraud and even threats to observers.
Dozens of opposition activists who attempted to stage rallies against the parliamentary elections were arrested in Moscow and St. Petersburg Sunday evening.
1.8 million Russians from around the world are casting their vote for the parliamentary elections on Sunday, while some polling stations have already closed, others are just opening.
Russians vote Sunday in parliamentary elections that will test the country's trust in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling party amid growing impatience with corrupt and ineffective government.
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A 109-year-old woman came to a polling station in Ingushetia, a small republic in Russia's North Caucasus, to cast her vote in the parliamentary elections on Sunday.
An unusual ballot box of traditional pryanik cakes was made in the Tula Region, south of Moscow, Vladimir Churov, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission said on Sunday.
Popular Russian media websites, the major LiveJournal social network and the website of the country’s biggest independent election watchdog, were inaccessible in hacking attacks for several hours on Sunday in what their employees said was an attempt to jam information on parliamentary elections.
Approximately 90% of Russia’s inmates serving time in the country’s penitentiaries have cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections, NTV news channel said on Sunday.
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The Ladny patrol ship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has left its home port of Sevastopol and headed to the Mediterranean Sea to join a group of ships of the Russian Northern and Baltic Fleets, the Russian Black Sea Fleet spokesman said on Sunday.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election widely seen as a popularity test for him and his ruling United Russia party.
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Half-naked people admitted to vote in Siberia while younger voters sober up in Moscow and reporters are barred from polling stations in the North Caucasus.
International observers monitoring Russia's parliamentary elections seen as a crucial test for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling party registered no violations during Sunday's vote while the Interior Ministry reported hundreds of electoral breaches.