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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...cted-to-local-council-in-russia-idUSKCN1LQ2EV
U.S. mixed martial arts fighter Jeffrey Monson, granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin in May, was elected on Sunday to the council of deputies of a small city just outside Moscow, official election results showed on Monday.
United Russia won 47.9 percent of this vote, automatically securing a seat for the MMA fighter, who was born in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
“Everything I do in Krasnogorsk - it’s because I love Russia,” Monson was cited as saying.
U.S. mixed martial arts fighter Jeffrey Monson, granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin in May, was elected on Sunday to the council of deputies of a small city just outside Moscow, official election results showed on Monday.
United Russia won 47.9 percent of this vote, automatically securing a seat for the MMA fighter, who was born in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
“Everything I do in Krasnogorsk - it’s because I love Russia,” Monson was cited as saying.