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Pundits examine call on Russian women to join "Putin's Army" ahead of election.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by the website of heavyweight Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta on 19 July

Article by Yan Gordeyev: "The Women's Factor in the 2012 Campaign. The Better Half of the Electorate Is Being Mobilized for the Presidential Election"

Kirill Shchitov, a United Russia [One Russia] Deputy of Moscow City Duma, presented an unusual initiative in his blog the other day - "Putin's Army." Shortly beforehand, a virtual women's organization of that name had appeared on all the popular websites. It calls on "beautiful young women" to unite in the name of a single goal: "Putin for president." This is not the first attempt in recent months to rally the electorate along gender lines around the name of the government chairman. …

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