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Russians Prepare for Parliamentary Vote

President Vladimir V. Putin has accused the United States of trying to taint the legitimacy of next week's Russian parliamentary elections. We talk to residents of Samara, Russia about their take on the election and where they stand on Putin and the United States.

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Gregory Feifer
Gregory Feifer reports for NPR from Moscow, covering Russia's resurgence under President Vladimir Putin and the country's transition to the post-Putin era. He files from other former Soviet republics and across Russia, where he's observed the effects of the country's vast new oil wealth on an increasingly nationalistic society as well as Moscow's rekindling of a new Cold War-style opposition to the West.