PUTIN WINS RUSSIA\'S FIRST CELL-PHONE STRAW POLL
By empty (1/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Russian Foundation for Free Elections held a straw poll on 29 February in which mobile phone users could express their preference in the upcoming presidential election. President Putin carried the day with the backing of nearly 64 percent of the more than 108,000 mobile-phone users who took part in the straw poll. Irina Khakamada finished second with some 18 percent, followed by Sergei Glazev with 5 percent.Visit also
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