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Russia’s Public Opinion Research Center said Putin is likely to win 58.6 percent of the vote, far ahead of his rivals. The poll of 1,600 people also predicts that Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov will come in second with 14.8 percent of the vote, said...
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The organizers of protests have vowed to mount even bigger rallies if Putin wins the presidency. The latest survey by the state-run VTsIOM agency predicted Putin, 55, would win in the first round with almost 55 percent of the vote with his nearest...
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An activist distributes flyers for Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov's presidential campaign in the village of 1-Khomustakh, some 74 km (46 miles)east from eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic February 17, 2012. Russians will... View Photo »
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Despite a growing protest movement against Putin's perceived hegemonic control over Russian politics, VTsIOM, which is a respected and historically accurate grant-funded polling service, said that the Prime Minister's closest opponent -- the Communist...
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“On February 11, we held a survey and forecasted the following: Vladimir Putin will win 58.6 percent of the vote, Communist party candidate Gennady Zyuganov will take second place with 14.8 percent, and Liberal Democratic leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky...
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"Putin will gain victory," the pollster's general director, Valery Fedorov, told reporters in Moscow. The forecasts were based on a poll of 1,600 people carried out across Russia this month. Second place will go to veteran Communist leader Gennady...
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An activist rides a horse as he distributes flyers for Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov's presidential campaign among local residence in the village of 1-Khomustakh, some 74 km (46 miles)east from eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk in the Sakha... View Photo »
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This came in a statement by VTSIOM Director-General, Valery Fyodorov, during a press conference in Moscow earlier today. The Communist Party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, is due to come in second with 14.8% of the votes, while the Liberal Democratic Party...
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Julia Ioffe: Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian billionaire, Presidential candidate, Nets owner.
The New Yorker
Prokhorov set out to be among the people. A crowd of about eighty thousand had come out to Moscow’s Sakharov Avenue to demand free elections and to lambaste Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Prokhorov is running for President in elections that take place...
About Gennady Zyuganov
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Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov or Guennady Ziuganov (Russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993), Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) (since 2001), deputy of the State Duma (since... Full Article
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