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Putin's party using physical violence to cling to power after losing an election in Moscow
More than 10 weeks after losing a local council election in western Moscow, Vladimir Putin's party is clinging to power there — by fair means or foul. The standoff over control of Filyovsky Park Council came to a head when an opposition councilor, Vadim Korovin, tried to sit in the chairman's seat at a meeting on Tuesday. A councilor from the Russian president's United Russia party cut his microphone cable and then body-checked him as he tried to reach the seat.
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