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Podolsk, Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- Polling places in the European portion of Russia closed on Sunday after three days of voting in legislative elections in which the governing United Russia party claimed victory and appears to have retained its majority in the Duma, or lower house of Parliament.United Russia general secretary Andrei Turchak said at a political rally at the Moscow headquarters of the party that President Vladimir Putin had "obtained a clean and honest victory."The official vote count so far, with 27.82 percent of the ballots tabulated, gives United Russia 44.92 percent of the votes and the communists - who emerged as the big winners in this electoral round - 21.97 percent, their best result since 1999 and far above their performance in the 2016 election, when they garnered 13 percent. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV). SHOT LIST: THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL ELECTION COMMISSION COUNT BALLOTS AT A POLLING STATION DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL IN PODOLSK OUTSIDE MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Russians head to the polls on the final day of elections for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament. Russian President Vladimir Putin's party is set to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running. IMAGES
Moscow, Sep 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Fernando Salcines) A ??week before the Russian parliamentary elections, the electoral environment is practically imperceptible after months of harassment on the opposition, the veto of candidates and general apathy of the population.FOOTAGE OF MOSCOW.
Saint Petersburg (Russia), Sept 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Anatoli Maltsev) The streets of Saint Petersburg are filled with political posters for Russia's parliamentary elections. FOOTAGE OF ELECTORAL POSTERS IN SAINT PETERSBURG.
Outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva's Movement for Democracy party declares victory in Cape Verde's parliamentary elections. "All of the data points to a victory," the party's national coordinator Rui Figueiredo says. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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