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| | Russia, Government, United Russia party - JRL 11-13-04 |
 | | According to a source in United Russia's parliamentary faction, the party's leadership plans to disband the Central Political Council, which comprises 60 parliamentarians, and to greatly expand the General Council, which will consist of the heads of the regions who are members of the party. |
 | | The structure of the party of power after the reform will be reminiscent of the structure of the ruling party during the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
 | | The only difference between United Russia and the Soviet structure is that the General Council has a small superstructure, a presidium, which will formally tell the Central Committee the best way to carry out the will of the High Council and the leader of the party. |
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