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United Russia ,Communist Party of Russia,Liberal Democratic Party of Russia,A Fair Russia (Mothers/Pensioners/Life), Yabloko,Union of Right Forces, Gorbachev Union of Social Democrats,political outfits are in the fray of election of Lower house called Duma in Russia today 2 Dec 2007 the Polls have begun. Former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev founded the Union of Social Democrats in Moscow in month of 20 th Oct 2007 in an attempt to lead Russia towards a social democratic path.Many political outfits are not allowed to participate in the elections. Media reports A total of eleven parties are competing for elections in the lower house, the Duma,each political party to secure the 7% needed to qualify for seats. Global Independent monitors attempts to observe the poll have been hampered. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has abandoned its plans to send a big team of election observers to Russia after accusing the Russian government of impo...

Moscow is voting for Putin " oR- United Russia Party News Type: Event — Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:36 AM IST world-news, russia, elections Naresh kumar sagar United Russia party who is in advantageous position to secure the chances of governing Russia is in fact gets 35% votes on survey of pre polls but some Poll survey exhibits that party is ranked with 55% with majority in its grip. Weekend election campaign, a over-confidence may not bring results in favor of Putin’s party, hence he declares on national channels,“Don't, please don't think that the direction and pace of our development will be maintained automatically. That's a dangerous illusion. United Russia party an outfit on which Putin rides to remain as National Leader whereas his counterparts Leaders of other political parties questions the validity of freedom of use of national and private channels in election campaign in comparison to other parties in fray. Russians, electronic media, A Channel One spokeswoman sai...