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| Security tight in North Caucasus for Sunday's vote |
| 2011-12-03 |
| Russia's North Caucasus region will vote in the country's parliamentary election on Sunday with thousands of armed security officers on in the streets while homes are searched and street markets closed. Chechnya is expected to have 12,000 guards on duty, many of them surrounding the 456 polling stations, head of the regional Interior Ministry Ruslan Alkhanov said. At least half of the guards will be armed. Alkhanov said, "We are obliged to ensure citizens can exercise their voting rights safely. We will work on this day and night." |
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