Putin’s Party Suffers Election Setback
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s grip on Russia seems a little less firm with an unexpected setback at the polls. In elections this weekend, Putin’s United Russia party lost its two-thirds majority in the Duma. Now there are reports of voting irregularities. Host Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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