Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin has won the election for mayor of Moscow by a narrow margin, results released by Russian election officials indicate, SIA reports citing BBC.
After a nearly complete vote count, Mr Sobyanin secured 51.3% - just above the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second-round ballot.
His main rival, pro-democracy movement leader Alexei Navalny, obtained 27.3%.
He has called for a run-off, saying the results were "deliberately falsified".
Mr Navalny said he had won enough votes to force a second round and that the count had been marred by "many serious violations".
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