Putin's power center: Vision for the future or grasp at the past? Chicago Final Edition

The December elections gave [Vladimir Putin]'s party, the United Russia Party, with its vague populist-nationalist ideology, 37 percent of the vote, with the additional votes going to the Motherland Party, created by the Kremlin to skim off the extremist vote for Putin from other parties. Putin...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Georgie Anne Geyer Georgie Anne Geyer is a syndicated columnist based in Washington
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 09.01.2004
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Political behavior
Political power
Putin, Vladimir
Russia
MOSCOW
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Summary:The December elections gave [Vladimir Putin]'s party, the United Russia Party, with its vague populist-nationalist ideology, 37 percent of the vote, with the additional votes going to the Motherland Party, created by the Kremlin to skim off the extremist vote for Putin from other parties. Putin can get virtually any law he wants through the Duma, or parliament.
ISSN:1085-6706