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Article: United Russia Betting on Governors, THE MOSCOW TIMES
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- The Moscow Times (Russia)
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- October 15, 2003
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Caroline McGregor
The Moscow Times (Russia)
10-15-2003
Since its party congress in March, United Russia has added 22
governors to its ticket, boosting to 30 the number of regional leaders
running in December's State Duma elections on its behalf.
The request to support the Kremlin-backed party may have come packaged
as an invitation, but it was more like an offer the governors could not
refuse.
"When you're invited by the Kremlin, it's very difficult to turn that
down," says Yury Korgunyuk, a political expert at Indem, adding that as
a rule, the Kremlin has picked strong governors who can persuade the bureaucratic
structures subordinate to them to work for United Russia's victory.
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