With none of the major blocs capturing a majority of the 275 parliamentary seats, the talks to form such a government are already under way.

None of the major blocs capture a majority of seats.

At the very start of the campaign three major blocs emerged:

Over all, the seats will be distributed in proportion to the percentage of Parliament controlled by each major bloc.

There are two major blocs: the democratic camp and the pro-government camp.

Among our three major blocs, therefore, the appropriate solution to exchange instability suggests itself.

It's the last major bloc up for sale.

Even the major blocs are for the most part hastily convened alliances, not political parties in the Western sense.

"It is unpleasant that certain of you have started criticizing the constitution," he warned leaders of major blocs at a meeting in the Kremlin.

The average unemployment rate of 7.3% in 2007, not taking account of assisted jobs, is higher than that of the other major economic blocs.