new era-Strong showing for Navalny in Moscow mayoralrace | |
Title: | new era-Strong showing for Navalny in Moscow mayoralrace |
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Description: | Strong showing for Navalny in Moscow mayoralrace MOSCOW (AP) Opposition leader Alexei Navalny swept up far more votes than expected Sunday while finishing second in Moscow mayoral election, a pivotal contest that has energized Russia small opposition in ways that could pose a risk to the Kremlin in the days and years ahead. Even so, Navalny said he suspected that the vote count was inflated for the Kremlin backed incumbent and he threatened to call his supporters out onto the street in protest on Monday if the concerns were not addressed. Nearly complete results released early Monday showed Navalny with more than 27 percent of the vote, while incumbent Sergei Sobyanin held a clear lead with about 51 percent, just enough to avoid a runoff. Exit polls, however, predicted Navalny would get as much as 32 percent. As the results began to trickle out only two hours after the polls closed, Navalny said he suspected the vote count was being manipulated. don recognize the resu |