On Saturday, December 4, Russians voted in the parliamentary elections. After releasing the results of 99,99 percent of the votes, the ruling United Russia... 09.12.2011, Sputnik International
On Saturday, December 4, Russians voted in the parliamentary elections. After releasing the results of 99,99 percent of the votes, the ruling United Russia party won the polls with 49.3 percent. The Communist Party received 19.2 percent, A Just Russia, 13.25 percent, and the Liberal Democrats, 12 percent. Other parties did not clear the 7-percent election threshold. Photo: one of the Moscow’s polling stations
On Saturday, December 4, Russians voted in the parliamentary elections. After releasing the results of 99,99 percent of the votes, the ruling United Russia party won the polls with 49.3 percent. The Communist Party received 19.2 percent, A Just Russia, 13.25 percent, and the Liberal Democrats, 12 percent. Other parties did not clear the 7-percent election threshold. Photo: one of the Moscow’s polling stations
On Saturday, December 4, Russians voted in the parliamentary elections. After releasing the results of 99,99 percent of the votes, the ruling United Russia party won the polls with 49.3 percent. The Communist Party received 19.2 percent, A Just Russia, 13.25 percent, and the Liberal Democrats, 12 percent. Other parties did not clear the 7-percent election threshold. Photo: one of the Moscow’s polling stations
Thousands of people in Moscow and St.Petersburg went out to protest the results of the polls. Photo: St.Petersburg police detain the protesters in downtown city.
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