Putin's party retains majority in Russian parliamentary election

Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruling party maintained its majority in parliament following three days of voting through Sunday but lost some of its support, partial returns and local media reports showed.A senior official of United Russia, Andrei Turchak, said at a political rally in Moscow that the party had "obtained a clean and honest victory" in the election for the 450-member State Duma, according to local media.With about 60.18 percent of the ballots counted, United Russia had won about 47.19 percent of the vote, with the Communist Party coming in second with 20.88 percent, accor…READ FULL ARTICLE