Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at his United Russia party congress ahead of September parliamentary polls. The gathering, which will determine the ruling party's candidates and electoral programme for the lower house of parliament vote, comes after authorities took drastic measures to stop Russia's main opposition politician Alexei Navalny affecting their outcome.

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