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Putin's Party Retains its Constitutional Majority
With 76 percent of the protocols processed, the ruling United Russia party received 49.16 percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections, and can count on 196 seats for which a majority vote is cast, the Central Election Commission said, citing the business information platform RBC.
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Preliminary results: After Putin - Putin
This was shown by the results of the Central Election Commission, based on 60.18 percent of the counted votes.
The Communist Party won 20.88 percent of the vote, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with 7.89, Fair Russia with 7.54 and New People with 5.77 percent of voters, reports TASS.
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Moscow warns Washington: Do not interfere
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned Washington not to interfere in Russia's internal affairs.
"Official Moscow registers U.S. interference in the Duma elections, but it does not make a PR campaign out of it and does not engage in megaphone diplomacy," Zakharova said, TASS reports.
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Russia called on the U.S. Ambassador: We possess irrefutable evidence
This was reported by the Russian agencies TASS and RIA, citing a diplomatic source.
Russian news agencies reported earlier that Sullivan was invited for an interview due to questions regarding accreditations for Russian journalists working in the United States, Reuters reported.
The agencies did not specify which elections were discussed.
Bulgarian Socialist Party Marked Its 130th Anniversary
Thousands of Socialists took part in the traditional gathering of the Left here on Saturday to mark the 130th anniversary of the organized Socialist movement in Bulgaria. A week ahead of the snap parliamentary elections, the top-of-the-list MP candidates of BSP for Bulgaria and representatives of its coalition partners gathered on Mounm Buzludzha.
Putin puts his signature PHOTO
The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, unanimously adopted this law on May 19, followed by the decision of the Senate, which confirmed the decision on June 2.
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Mikhail Mishustin appointed new Prime Minister of Russia
He got appointed new Prime Minister after the "sudden" resignation of Dmitry Medvedev, which in turn followed a speech by the Russian President before state Duma deputies. Many international media report that behind this decision is Vladimir Putin's agenda, who aims to remain in power.
Photo exhibition "Revolution 30", dedicated to martyr city of Timisoara, presented by AGERPRES in 'Traian Vuia' Airport
The 30 years since the start of the 1989 Revolution in Timisoara are marked by the AGERPRES National Press Agency through a photo documentary exhibition, "Revolution 30", opened during December 15, 2019 - January 1, 2020, in several lounges of 'Traian Vuia' International Airport.
"Russia will always support Serbia - especially on Kosovo"
They met in Belgrade and discussed further development of Serbia-Russia cooperation in all areas, the president's press service announced on Tuesday.
Bulgaria Reports New Case of African Swine Fever
Bulgaria has confirmed a new case of African swine fever in a wild boar near in the northeastern town of Devnya, the national food safety authority said on Wednesday.
African swine fever is a highly contagious disease that affects pigs and wild boar. It does not affect humans.
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