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 | | SARATOV, Central Russia — The Communist Party in the Saratov region obtained copies of the protocols from 1,520 of the region's 1,815 polling stations. |
 | | They also found the results in 982 polling stations were altered later for discrepancies, and that there was evidence of direct fraud at 138 polling stations, where the votes for Putin were padded. |
 | | Olga Alimova, a secretary of the Saratov branch of the Communist Party, said that 3,040 votes were taken from Gennady Zyuganov, and even more were taken from Yabloko candidate Grigory Yavlinsky. |
| www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/09/09/103.html (234 words) |
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