MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the March presidential election, in which he'll compete, should be transparent and fair, but rejected demands from swelling numbers of protesters for a rerun of the fraud-tainted parliamentary election.
Putin's United Russia party barely retained its majority in the Dec. 4 election despite alleged vote-rigging in its favor. Tens of thousands have protested since, urging an end to Putin's rule, including a Moscow rally last weekend that was the largest show of discontent since the Soviet collapse 20 years ago.
Putin, who served as president in 2000-2008 and remained the country's most powerful figure after …
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