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Article: Putin Attends United Russia Meet as 'Sign of Gratitude', THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
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- The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2003
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Francesca Mereu
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
09-23-2003
MOSCOW - 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 himself next year, said he chose to
attend the congress as a "sign of gratitude" for the party's support over
the ...
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