Moscow Prepares For Russian Elections

A large election poster with the portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his likely successor Dmitry Medvedev (R) hanging in central Moscow on February 27, 2008. The slogan reads: 'Together we will win!' Russians go to the polls on March 2 to elect a new president.
A large election poster with the portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his likely successor Dmitry Medvedev (R) hanging in central Moscow on February 27, 2008. The slogan reads: 'Together we will win!' Russians go to the polls on March 2 to elect a new president.
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Opposition leader and former world chess champion turned Kremlin critic, Garry Kasparov (R), and Alexander Ryklin, editor-in-chief of opposition internet magazine Ezhednevny Zhurnal (Daily Magazine), arrive at Russia's Central Election Commission to submit a petition on March 01, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. In an act of protest called "I won't participate in this farce", Kasparov and members of his dissenters coalition presented the commission with a list of 5,000 voters who will boycott the voting process. Opposition politician Nikita Belykh arrives at Russia's Central Election Commission to submit a petition on March 01, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. In an act of protest called "I won't participate in this farce", former world chess champion turned Kremlin critic, Garry Kasparov, and members of his dissenters coalition presented the commission with a list of 5,000 voters who will boycott the voting process. Opposition politician Nikita Belykh arrives at Russia's Central Election Commission to submit a petition on March 01, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. In an act of protest called "I won't participate in this farce", former world chess champion turned Kremlin critic, Garry Kasparov, and members of his dissenters coalition presented the commission with a list of 5,000 voters who will boycott the voting process. Opposition politician Nikita Belykh arrives at Russia's Central Election Commission to submit a petition on March 01, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. In an act of protest called "I won't participate in this farce", former world chess champion turned Kremlin critic, Garry Kasparov, and members of his dissenters coalition presented the commission with a list of 5,000 voters who will boycott the voting process.
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