Putin sets date for parliamentary vote
Moscow,
Sep
2:
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin
today
set
December
2
as
the
date
for
the
next
parliamentary
election,
starting
the
countdown
for
what
is
seen
as
a
dress
rehearsal
for
the
2008
presidential
vote.
Putin set the date for the election to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament in a decree, reported Russian news agency Itar-Tass. The election date had been widely anticipated.
Reuters
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Story first published: Sunday, September 2, 2007, 15:05 [IST]