Russian Press at a Glance Monday September 9 2013

RIA Novosti
Monday 9th September, 2013

Acting Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin won the election for mayor in the Russian capital, gaining 51.27 percent of votes with 99.17 percent of ballots counted, avoiding a run-off. His closest rival, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gained 27.3 percent, far higher than polls had suggested, in a shock result for the Kremlin.

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