Election to the Chamber of Moscow, a Putin referendum

Vote in Moscow this Sunday for the election of the Mayor of the capital of Russia

A ballot in which the opposition leader Alexei Navalny defies the favorite backed by the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin's political system.

The polling stations opened at 08:00, local time.

Sentenced in July to five years in prison on charges of embezzlement Navalny was arrested and released then against all odds by the Court of appeal.

The opponent Sergei Sobyanin for 55 years, appointed by the Kremlin in 2010 by Decree, campaigned by refusing to participate in debates.

According to analysts, this election is very important for the Kremlin, because the participation of Navalny have turned the ballot into a referendum on Putin. The city was the main theater of the wave of protests against the regime in winter 2011-2012.

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