MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Patriots of Russia party has decided to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the presidential election scheduled for March 2012, leader of Patriots of Russia Gennady Semigin said. central political council of the party made the decision to support Vladimir “The Putin in the presidential election,” Semigin said on Monday at a news conference held at RIA Novosti's main office in Moscow. The Patriots is a left-wing nationalist and socialist party that largely consists of former members of the Communist Party of Russia and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), as well as fans of modern Russian folk music. The party is headed by former Communist Party member Gennady Semigin. This year the party gained 0.96 percent of the vote in the State Duma election. acknowledging that the Patriots opposed Putin's ruling United Russia party for more than six years, Semigin said the current political discord persuaded the party to join the All-Russia People’s Front and throw its support behind Putin. 12/19 13:18 It's time to do away with offshore heritage of savage privatization Putin – December 19, 2011 13:06 calls for screening state-owned companies for corruption in 2 months CHERYOMUSHKI, Khakassia. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has bound relevant ministries together with law enforcers to screen all companies with a government stake for corruption schemes and connections with off-shore zones within two months. "I request the Energy Ministry, the Economic Development Ministry, industry agencies within two months to companies with a government stake such as Gazprom (RTS: GAZP), Vnesheconombank, and it wouldn't hurt Sberbank (RTS: SBER) either. Bring all things to an end," he said at a session of a government
MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Patriots of Russia party has decided to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the presidential election scheduled for March 2012, leader of Patriots of Russia Gennady Semigin said. “The central political council of the party made the decision to support Vladimir Putin in the presidential election,” Semigin said on Monday at a news conference held at RIA Novosti's main office in Moscow. The Patriots is a left-wing nationalist and socialist party that largely consists of former members of the Communist Party of Russia and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), as well as fans of modern Russian folk music. The party is headed by former Communist Party member Gennady Semigin. This year the party gained 0.96 percent of the vote in the State Duma election. acknowledging that the Patriots opposed Putin's ruling United Russia party for more than six years, Semigin said the current political discord persuaded the party to join the All-Russia People’s Front and throw its support behind Putin. 12/19 13:18 It's time to do away with offshore heritage of savage privatization – Putin December 19, 2011 13:06 calls for screening state-owned companies for corruption in 2 months CHERYOMUSHKI, Khakassia. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has bound relevant ministries together with law enforcers to screen all companies with a government stake for corruption schemes and connections with off-shore zones within two months. "I request the Energy Ministry, the Economic Development Ministry, industry agencies within two months to companies with a government stake such as Gazprom (RTS: GAZP), Vnesheconombank, and it wouldn't hurt Sberbank (RTS: SBER) either. Bring all things to an end," he said at a session of a government