RUSSIA: AMUR - KREMLIN APPEARS TO BACK INCUMBENT IN BLAGOVESHCHENSK.(Brief Article)
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Date: 3/8/2001
Anatolii Kutsonozhko, the chairman of Amur Oblast's election commission, has accused the incumbent Governor Anatolii Belogonov of violating Russian election law, Interfax-Eurasia reported on 1 March. Kutsonozhko told journalists that the governor revealed in a press conference that President Putin in a personal conversation wished him victory in the upcoming 25 March election. Later that week, "Segodnya" on 3 March suggested that the Kremlin has decided to support Belogonov rather ...
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