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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">On January 19th through 21st, 2010, the
first elections of the Russian Pirate Party's leadership have taken
place. The eight members of the party's founding committee voted
through the party's public forum, according to the election rules set
up previously.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The newly elected chairman is Stanislav
Shakirov, recently turned 23, a MSU mathematics graduate from Moscow
who runs a small IT consultancy. He received 7 of 8 votes. Edgar
Voskresensky from Moscow became vice-chairman. The founding commitee
decided unanimously that all its members should join the Party
Council.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Currently the Russian Pirate Party is
an unofficial organization and part of the international Pirate
movement. The PPR has supporters in many major Russian cities.
Estimates give the total number of party sympathisants as about 800,
with 50 active participants and 8 members of the founding committee.</p>
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