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United Russia
United Russia (Russian Единая Россия - Yedinaya Rossiya) is a Russian political party, which usually labels itself centrist. It backs the president Vladimir Putin and can be seen as his vehicle in the Duma.
It was founded in 2001 as a merger of Yuri Luzhkov's Fatherland All-Russia party, and the Unity Party of Russia , led by Sergei Shoigu.
In the 2003 parliamentary elections it polled 37% of the party vote. As of January 2005 it controls 305 Duma seats out of 450, which gives it a constitutional majority.
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