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Putin calls on Orthodox believers to vote at parliamentary polls

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Russia's president called on Orthodox Christians to play an active part in the December 2 elections to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.
MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president called on Orthodox Christians to play an active part in the December 2 elections to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.

"I am convinced that Orthodox Christians, like other citizens, will again take an active civic position," Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Russian Orthodox Church leaders in the Kremlin.

The president, who is nearing the end of his second term, said national stability and a continuation of ongoing changes in the country would depend directly on the results of the Duma elections.

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