Reuters - 02.21.2003
Russia Announces Kremlin, Duma Election Dates
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians vote in a presidential election on March 14 next year, after voting in a parliamentary election on Dec. 14, the country's top electoral official said Friday.
Alexander Veshnyakov, addressing a news conference in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, said he expected four or five candidates to participate in the presidential election.
Incumbent Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings clear 70 percent, easily won the 2000 contest in a single round and is widely expected to run for re-election, though he has not yet announced his intentions.
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