Gennady Zyuganov is poised for hard election times for the sake of a bright revolutionary future.
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Communists Plan to Muster 17 Percent in Duma Vote in Moscow
The Russian Communist Party plans to muster at least 17 percent of the Moscow vote in the parliamentary election in December. The party says it will inform every Moscow voter of city’s “sore spots” and secure their votes.
Viktor Ulas, head of the Communist Party’s Moscow branch said that the party would need to issue no less than 3 million party bulletins to “bring it to every apartment” in an effort at least to repeat the last election’s Moscow vote of 17 percent.
The party is unfazed about two strong opponents. Mr. Ulas said that he does not believe that left-leaning Fair Russia will cross the 7-percent threshold. The Fair Russia’s party roll is headed by State Duma deputy Alexander Lebedev who Mr. Ulas described as a “turncoat” for changing parties three times.
Moscow Communists view the United Russia as a strong rival. All the more Mayor Yuri Luzhkov tops their list. However, the Communist Party is determined to indicate to the voters “sore spots” of Moscow such as “glaring social disparities”, low pensions (13 percent of an average Moscow income) and destitute living for some 2 million Muscovites as the gap between the city’s 10 percent wealthiest and 10 percent of the poorest grew from 38-fold in 2005 to 41-fold in 2007.
The Communist Party’s top three in Moscow will include Ivan Melnkikov, advocate for reforming the party, Viktor Ulas and Oleg Smolin, leader of an educational NGO.
The Saturday session also endorsed regional votes which nominated Party leader Gennady Zyuganov to run for president next year.
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All the Article in Russian as of July 16, 2007
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