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RFE/RL: Russian election chief proposes annulling disputed vote in Far East region

Published Sept. 19, 2018. Updated Sept. 19 at 12:03 pm

Head of Russia's Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova announces the final results of March 18 presidential election in Moscow on March 23, 2018. Vladimir Putin was re-elected with 76.69 percent of the vote, the country's election body announced on March 23, 2018.

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Russia’s top election official has recommended that regional authorities annul the result of a disputed gubernatorial runoff vote in the Primorsky Krai, where the Communist Party cried foul after the Kremlin-backed candidate surged ahead at the end of the ballot count.

Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova made the proposal on September 19, saying it was based on a “whole range of factors.”