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  Russia votes
     ( 2003-12-08 10:37) (Reuters) 
     
     
    

    

    
 
 
    
 
    A sailor of Russia's Black Sea fleet (L) 
 leaves the polling booth as another waits for his turn with the ballot 
 papers at a polling station in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, 
 December 7, 2003. Russians voted on Sunday in parliamentary polls expected 
 to tighten President Vladimir Putin's grip on power, opening the way for a 
 promised drive against corruption and making Russia more tempting to 
 investors.   [Reuters]
    
 
    
 
 

    Sailors of Russia's Black Sea fleet leave 
 polling booths with ballot papers at a polling station in the Ukrainian 
 Black Sea port of Sevastopol, December 7, 2003. Russians voted on Sunday 
 in a new State Duma lower house of parliament, the first such poll during 
 President Vladimir Putin's tenure.  
[Reuters]
     
 
    
 
     
 
 
 
  
 
    
 
     
  
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