Russian opposition ‘satisfied’ with regional election results | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian opposition parties expressed satisfaction with the results of Sunday’s regional legislative elections as seen a popularity test for the pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
Elections to local authorities were held on Sunday in 76 out of 83 regions from the Far East to European Russia amid rising unemployment and utility charges.
Preliminary results of the polls showed United Russia leading in each of the eight regional legislative polls. However, the predominant force in the federal parliament appeared to gain less support in the polls than it was expecting.”