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October 8, 2009 An Inconsequential Vote By Roland Oliphant Russia Profile |
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As Moscow enters the last days of campaigning before elections to the city Duma on Sunday, opinion polls suggest that a United Russia landslide is all but certain. But although the campaign has been fought fiercely, with opposition parties of all strips complaining of foul play by the administration, most Muscovites are convinced that the election is only a show of a contest, that their vote will change nothing, and that the City Duma is pretty irrelevant anyway.
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