PanARMENIAN.Net – Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, September 19, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presidential election, Reuters reports.

The ruling United Russia party won 51 percent in Sunday’s election, according to a preliminary central election commission tally after a quarter of the votes had been counted.

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