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The Party Is Over
As Candidates Seek to Disavow United Russia Ahead Of Elections, Party’s Future Appears Dim
By Eric Sliva
Special to Russia Profile,
02/08/2012Ballots for municipal elections in Moscow will be missing a familiar name this year. All candidates from United Russia, Russia’s ruling party, have registered themselves as independents rather than under their own party. In doing so, they join Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in distancing themselves from United Russia ahead of the March 4 elections. Their actions are a strong display of no-confidence in the party, after last December’s parliamentary election exposed the tremendous drop in its public support. With candidates increasingly seeing United Russia as a liability, the future of the once all-powerful party is uncertain.
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Dan Peleschuk
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02/13/2012
Reports of reform in the ruling United Russia party are rippling throughout the press, as several outlets have cited party sources who claim that various “rebranding” efforts, leadership shuffles, and other plans are in the works. The news has shed light on the increasingly divergent competing factions within the party, but has also raised speculation over whether reform can save the increasingly unpopular and seemingly doomed party.
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Dan Peleschuk
Russia Profile
02/13/2012
Reports of reform in the ruling United Russia party are rippling throughout the press, as several outlets have cited party sources who claim that various “rebranding” efforts, leadership shuffles, and other plans are in the works. The news has shed light on the increasingly divergent competing factions within the party, but has also raised speculation over whether reform can save the increasingly unpopular and seemingly doomed party.
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