Russian election meets sole aim of Kremlin validation
The election has fulfilled its purpose of maintaining United Russia's absolute hold on parliament
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In this article
- Rescuing United Russia
- Communist recovery
- Implications
- United Russia in trouble
- Communists as opposition
- New electoral practices
- Outlook
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