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Putin urges Russians to vote as
general election gets under way
Employees get their ballots during early voting at the Mutnovskaya geothermal power plant in the Elizovsky district in
Russia's Far East on Thursday - Copyright Alexander Petrov/BelTA via AP
Russian president Vladimir Putin urged After months of official moves to shut down any
Russians on Thursday to vote in the upcoming significant opposition, there are official concerns
parliamentary elections after a lacklustre that low turnout could damage the ruling party's
campaign season. prestige.
With early voting already under way in the In an eleventh-hour video message on Thursday,
petrochemical sector, nationwide polls will Putin appealed to voters: "The election of the new
open for the three-day election on Friday parliament is without doubt the most important
morning. event in the life of our society and our country.
Putin's United Russia party is expected to "We are all equally interested in responsible,
comfortably hold its dominance over the State efficient and respected people being elected...
Duma, where it currently holds a two-thirds I count on your responsible, well-considered,
majority. patriotic, civic position."
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