Putin ally leads Petersburg poll

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Series Details 22.9.03
Publication Date 22/09/2003
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A Russian politician, supported by the Kremlin lost out in the election for the new governor of St Petersburg on 21 September 2003.

The poll is seen as a test of President Vladimir Putin's hold over the country ahead of his re-election bid in 2004.

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