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Democratic Candidate To Gain Minimal Support In Elections - Poll

MOSCOW. Dec 13 (Interfax) - There is no common democratic candidate to gain extensive support in the March presidential elections, says a report by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center said the Thursday issue of the newspaper Vedomosti.

Five percent of the respondents named Civil Force leader Mikhail Barshchevsky and Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky as possible common democratic candidates they would support.

Four percent named former leader of the Union of Right Forces Irina Khakamada, three percent - Union of Right Forces leader Boris Nemtsov, and another three percent -

Vladimir Ryzhkov, leader of the Republican Party which was dissolved by court order.

Nearly 50% said they would support none of the aforesaid candidates.

The center polled 1,600 people in 128 cities and towns in 46 Russian regions from December 7 to 10. The margin of error is within three percent.