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FLY – When last June Aliona Popova decided to run for Russian parliamentarians in the ranks of Jabloko, the only registered liberal party, he knew he had to face the apathy and disillusionment of the population, the obstruction of the authorities and, in his constituency, the rivalry of two experienced politicians : the singular television personality Anatolij Vasserman, a member of the ruling United Russia party, and the Communist Sergei Obukov.
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