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Siberian miners get early vote In Russia's coal heartland, in Western Siberia's Kemerovo region, 130 polling stations opened two hours earlier than scheduled, to allow miners to cast their ballots before their shifts.

Russia's Far East shows high turnout, violations reported Polling stations in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok have closed close. There are reports of a high turnout in the city, where at least 47 per cent have cast their vote. Also, minor violations have been identified by...

Nomads and sailors get chance to vote Millions of Russians are flooding to polling booths to have their say about the country’s direction. A small percentage of votes, from abroad and remote areas, were cast early but more than hundred million votes are...

Consumerism – Russia's new religion Russia’s economy is on the minds of many voters as they choose the next State Duma Deputies. The country's steady growth in recent years has increased many people’s wages. And as Russians’ spending power grows, interest...

Campaign silence ahead of Russia's election Advertising, forecasts and opinion polls have finished – now Russian voters must decide who they'll vote for in Sunday parliamentary election. 24 hours of campaign silence began Friday at midnight Moscow...

Chechnya returns to normal life Russia's southern republic of Chechnya has suffered two devastating wars, with the second conflict ending in 2001. Since then the region has been trying to rebuild and return to a peaceful way of life.

Georgia's breakaway republic votes for Russian Duma Voters in Russia are not the only ones excited about Sunday parliamentary election. Many Russian citizens in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia will also vote at the eight polling booths set up there.

Will Siberia survive without coal? In Russia’s coal heartland in Western Siberia’s Kemerovo, party politics in Moscow is often seen as a gaudy sideshow. And personal perceptions trump political ideals. Mineral resources account for more than half of the...

Countdown to election: will the vote be transparent? It's the final countdown of campaigning in Russia for Sunday's Parliamentary election. On Saturday, an ‘electioneering silence’ will be observed with no more canvassing allowed ahead of the ballot. Meanwhile, Vladimir...

Investors confident of post-election Russia Analysts say foreign investors, who’ve pumped $US 50 BLN into Russia’s economy this year alone, shouldn’t be worried ahead of Sunday’s election.

The cost of Russian democracy: $US 172 MLN Election is an expensive business, especially when it is held across 11 time zones. Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russia is expected to cost $US 172 million, around 30% less than the 2003 poll.

Countdown to election: will the vote be transparent? Candidates in Russia’s parliamentary election have just hours to canvas for votes, before official campaign silence begins ahead of Sunday’s poll. Millions of Russians are eligible to vote in one of the largest...

Will Russia’s parliamentary vote be transparent? With less than 24 hours of official campaigning left, Russian electoral officials and outside observers are gearing up for what they call the most transparent poll in the country’s history. But observers admit they...

Moscow slams observers` withdrawal Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says it’s still unclear why election observers from Europe pulled out of this weekend’s Russian parliamentary election.

The cost of Russian democracy: $US 172 MLN Election is an expensive business, especially when it is held across 11 time zones. Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russia is expected to cost $US 172 million, around 30% less than the 2003 poll.

Opposition leader released after 5-day sentence One of Russia's radical opposition leaders, Garry Kasparov, has been released from jail in Moscow on Thursday after serving a 5-day sentence.

Putin calls Russians to vote, slams opponents Vladimir Putin has appealed to Russians to vote in Sunday's parliamentary election, or risk the country's hard-won prosperity. Russia's President says a collective effort is needed and he urged voters to support the...

Putin calls Russians to vote, slams opponents Russia's President has called on voters not to ignore the Parliamentary elections on the weekend. Vladimir Putin said a collective effort is needed to keep the country on track and he's urged Russians to follow his lead...

Ministry says opposition marchers were paid Russia’s Interior Ministry claims some members of the March of Dissent were paid for protesting on the weekend. There were clashes between riot police and the demonstrators, whose march was unsanctioned.

Senators fix date for presidential election Next year's presidential election will be held on March 2. The date was announced following a special session of Russia's Federation Council in Moscow. The full list of candidates should be known by the start of next...

Litvinenko's alleged killer slams British media Andrey Lugovoy, Britain's main suspect in the murder of Aleksandr Litvinenko, denies he may have been an unwitting assassin. Lugovoy was responding to a theory put forward in a BBC programme shown on Sunday called...

Putin blames U.S. for withdrawal of election observers President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. State Department was behind the decision by Europe's election watchdog not to send observers to Russia for December's parliamentary election. Putin said the move was a deliberate...

Final opinion poll suggests Duma seats for four parties Monday is the last day that opinion polls for next month's Duma elections can be made public. With five days to go, RT reveals the results from two research centres.

United Russia leads polls with Communists a distant second Ahead of the State Duma elections on December 2, two independent research centres have carried out separate polls of the electoral support of Russian parties.

THE ELECTORAL RATINGS OF RUSSIAN POLITICAL PARTIES The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTSIOM) monitors weekly electoral ratings of Russian political parties. Given below are the monthly and weekly ratings of the political parties, for which Russian electors...

THE ELECTORAL RATINGS OF RUSSIAN POLITICAL PARTIES From November 9 to November 13, 2007 Yury Levada’s Analytical Centre (“Levada-Centre”) carried out an opinion poll interviewing Russian citizens in their homes. The poll covered a sample of 1,600 people in...

Forecast for State Duma election results based on November opinion polls

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