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14:16 GMT Kremlin parties lead Russian vote Voters mark their
ballots at a polling station during regional elections The
Kremlin-backed United Russia party is set to maintain power
Preliminary results from Sunday's regional elections in Russia
indicate that pro-Kremlin parties have won in all 14 regions
holding a vote.  United Russia, backed by President Vladimir
Putin, is leading in 13 regions, while a new pro-Putin party, A
Fair Russia, leads in the other region.  The elections are
widely considered a rehearsal for upcoming parliamentary and
presidential elections.  Opposition parties said they had been
sidelined and dubbed the polls a sham.  The chairman of the
Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov, said the
preliminary results indicated that United Russia had won an
average of 46% of the votes across the 14 regions.  Only in the
southern region of Stavropol did A Fair R