According to preliminary results of Russian
parliament elections, United Russia party has lost majority in State Duma as it
gained 49.8% votes compared to 64.1% in previous elections in 2007. Initial
results show that 3 other parties that have surpassed 7% boundary are the Communist
party that gained 19.2%, Just Russia party with 13.1% and Liberal
Democratic Party that got 11.7%. Nevertheless, PM Putin has claimed the results
to be "optimal".