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@PowerVertical: A funny thing happened when Vladimir Putin’s election campaign applied for permission from Moscow authorities to hold a mass rally on the capital’s main downtown thoroughfare. The mayor’s office balked…[READ MORE]
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The outcome is seen as unsurprising in the autocratic Central Asian nation, where Berdymukhammedov was facing off against seven largely unknown nominal opponents and the election processs was seen as a mere formality…[READ MORE]
A woman dressed in traditional Turkmen clothing casts her ballot for president at a polling station in Ashgabat.
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![Egypt Holding First Free Election
Egyptians have begun voting in the country’s first elections since longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in February…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvd4c3vESD1qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Egypt Holding First Free Election
Egyptians have begun voting in the country’s first elections since longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in February…[READ MORE]
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![Poll Says One In Four Russians Believe Putin Has Personality Cult
There are no Stalinesque statues of him lining Moscow’s boulevards, but according to poll results released on November 16 by Russia’s Levada Center, one-fourth of Russians believe that current Prime Minister and soon to be President Vladimir Putin has built up his own cult of personality…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luunexckd41qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Poll Says One In Four Russians Believe Putin Has Personality Cult
There are no Stalinesque statues of him lining Moscow’s boulevards, but according to poll results released on November 16 by Russia’s Levada Center, one-fourth of Russians believe that current Prime Minister and soon to be President Vladimir Putin has built up his own cult of personality…[READ MORE]
