The pro-Kremlin party dominated an election for Moscow city council and other local votes across Russia, results released Monday showed.With 99 percent of the Moscow vote counted, United Russia won 66 percent and the Communist Party 13 percent. No other party cleared the 7 percent threshold to win seats on the city council. United Russia is a power base for Vladimir Putin, now the prime minister and party head, who has not ruled out a return to the presidency in 2012. President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated party leaders on their "convincing" victory, which he said showed "the authority the party has acquired from our people in recent years."
With 99 percent of the Moscow vote counted, United Russia won 66 percent and the Communist Party 13 percent. No other party cleared the 7 percent threshold to win seats on the city council.
United Russia is a power base for Vladimir Putin, now the prime minister and party head, who has not ruled out a return to the presidency in 2012. President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated party leaders on their "convincing" victory, which he said showed "the authority the party has acquired from our people in recent years."
Yea for democracy...
