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By Ilya Arkhipov and also Anton Doroshev

(Updates along with poll breakdown from following paragraph)

Feb. twenty four (Bloomberg) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is likely to win Russia vertisements presidential election within the March some very first round, the impartial Levada Center stated with its continue projection leading to a vote.

Putin has that assistance of 66 p'cent of resolved voters, weighed against 15 percent for Communist Party head Gennady Zyuganov, Lev Gudkov, Levada Center verts director, mentioned nowadays with a information management meeting around Moscow. Levada polled 1,600 most likely voters involving Feb. seventeen and Feb. 20. The final results employ a margin of error regarding 3.4 fraction points.

Putin, 59, is actually in search of a new resume the particular Kremlin among the biggest challenge for you to their 12-year rule soon after fraud allegations at parliamentary polls sparked muscle mass fast protests. The prime minister, who made when president involving 2000 and 2008, should garner at least 50 % from the vote to stay away from your second-round runoff.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky regarding the Liberal Democratic Party was finally using 8 percent, accompanied by simply billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov and also past Putin ally Sergei Mironov from half a dozen per cent in addition to 5 various percent, respectively, according to Levada.

Editors: Balazs Penz, Alan Crosby

To speak to the particular reporter on this subject story: Ilya Arkhipov within Moscow during iarkhipov@bloomberg.net

To phone the actual editor responsible for this story: Balazs Penz at bpenz@bloomberg.net

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