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Russian election denounced as unfair / U.S. worries about future of the fledgling democracy
Western observers criticized as unfair Sunday's Russian parliamentary elections that handed a landslide victory to pro-Kremlin parties and squeezed liberals out of the State Duma, while the United States said the vote raised worries about the future of democracy in Russia. The elections gave an overwhelming 37(WN)
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Western observers criticized as unfair Sunday's Russian parliamentary elections that handed a landslide victory to pro-Kremlin parties and squeezed liberals out of the State Duma, while the United States said the vote raised worries about the future of democracy in Russia. The elections gave an overwhelming 37(WN)...San Fransisco Chronicle

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Western observers criticized as unfair Sunday's Russian parliamentary elections that handed a landslide victory to pro-Kremlin parties and squeezed liberals out of the State Duma, while the United States said the vote raised worries about the future of democracy in Russia. The elections gave an overwhelming 37(WN) Russian election denounced as unfair / U.S. worries about future of the fledgling democracy
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