The Clinton administration Monday responded with equanimity to the preliminary outcome of parliamentary elections in Russia, despite the revival at the polls of the once-moribund Communist Party.
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"I think there's a sense of calm and perspective about this election," Nicholas Burns, the State Department spokesman, said.Burns said the outcome, which was largely expected, was inconclusive in the fractured political environment of 43 parties, even though the Communists had gained more than 20 percent of the votes reported when Monday's round of counting ended.