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Article: President Backs United Russia, THE MOSCOW TIMES
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- The Moscow Times (Russia)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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Francesca Mereu
The Moscow Times (Russia)
09-22-2003
Putin, addressing the United Russia congress Saturday, said his
unexpected appearance was in gratitude for the party's support.
President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced appearance at United
Russia's congress on Saturday and left no doubt that the party is his choice
to win the Dec. 7 parliamentary elections.
He said he had voted for the party in the last elections, in 1999,
when he was prime minister and that he did not regret it. United Russia,
he said, "was able to create a group of centrists in the Duma that backed,
without any exaggeration, the government position concerning Russia's development."
Putin, who is seeking re-election ...
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