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Russian presidential election

Russian electors pressed to vote

By Neil Buckley in Moscow

Published: February 28 2008 18:43 | Last updated: February 28 2008 18:43

Russians are coming under intense pressure to vote in Sunday’s presidential election amid apparent official concerns that the result is such a foregone conclusion that turnout could be embarrassingly low.

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Gideon Rachman

Communist and extreme nationalist candidates have been allowed onto the ballot – perhaps to make the Kremlin’s man look like a mainstream moderate

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