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Russia's ruling United Russia party has suffered major losses in Sunday's election to the Moscow city parliament, nearly complete results show.

Putin's party lost nearly a third of the seats, but remains on course to retain its majority with about 26 seats. United Russia - for years the dominant force - has become so unpopular it fielded candidates as 鈥渋ndependents鈥�.

With most opposition candidates disqualified, there were large scale protests in the run up to the election.

International editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Moscow on election weekend.