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What the big win for Putin's party at Russia vote tells us

The crushing victory of Russia's ruling party has been welcomed as a vote for "stability" by President Vladimir Putin, but slammed as a catastrophe by the marginalised opposition.

20.09.2016

(AFP) The crushing victory of Russia's ruling party has been welcomed as a vote for "stability" by President Vladimir Putin, but slammed as a catastrophe by the marginalised opposition.

The record win for Putin's party came despite the country suffering the longest economic crisis of the strongman's 16-year rule, but the low voter turnout could raise new problems for the authorities.