Opposition activists, one of them holding a poster depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir and another a poster reading, "Your election is a farce", shout slogans during a protest against vote rigging in St. Petersburg, Russia, December 4, 2011.
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Opposition activists, one of them holding a poster depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir and another a poster reading, "Your election is a farce", shout slogans during a protest against vote rigging in St. Petersburg, Russia, December 4, 2011.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party has suffered surprisingly steep losses in Russia's parliamentary elections, polling just under a 50 percent majority with 92 percent of the vote counted.
The Central Election Commission said early Monday that United Russia had garnered 49.8 percent of the ballots cast Sunday, compared with 64 percent in 2007.
The Communist Party was running a distant second with just under 20 percent, up from 12 percent four years ago.
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