Putin Convicted Foe Navalny Polls Second in Moscow Mayoral Race
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Alexey Navalny, a leading opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin who was sentenced to a jail term last week, is the highest-rated challenger of incumbent Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, according to an opinion poll.
Sobyanin is the frontrunner to retain his post in the Sept. 8 election with 54 percent support, while Navalny leads the rest of the pack with 9 percent, the polling company All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, or VTsIOM, said by e-mail today.