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RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS STRIPPED OF DUMA POSTS
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Russian Communists stripped of Duma posts
MOSCOW, Apr 03, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Russia'
s Communist Party suffered a humiliating defeat Wednesday as the once-
dominant political force was stripped of key posts at the head of
parliamentary committees, giving the Kremlin unprecedented control
over the lower house of parliament.
The State Duma voted 251-136 in favor of removing the Communists from
seven of the nine committee chairmanships they had held, leaving two
relatively insignificant positions under their control.
The Communists, who control 84 ...
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