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March 5, 2012

OSCE Condemns Putin Win

The OSCE has released its verdict on the election results: ‘clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants‘, Vladimir Putin, who was given ‘a clear advantage over his competitors in terms of media presence‘.  Here’...
March 5, 2012

Video: Ballot Stuffing in Dagestan

The dodgy goings-on at this ballot box in Tarumovka, Dagestan, led to the results of this particular polling station being annulled: although investigators were wary of confirming that ballot-stuffing was to blame.  From RIA Novosti: “There was no...
March 5, 2012

Video: Ballot Stuffing in Dagestan

The dodgy goings-on at this ballot box in Tarumovka, Dagestan, led to the results of this particular polling station being annulled: although investigators were wary of confirming that ballot-stuffing was to blame.  From RIA Novosti: “There was no...
March 4, 2012

Sixsmith: Through the Lens of the Past

Martin Sixsmith has a very readable piece – part political memoir, part analysis – posted at the LA Review of Books today.  He looks back over the recent decades of Russian politics, beginning with the August 1991 coup against Mikhail ...
March 4, 2012

Anti-Putin Punk Protesters Face Seven Years

As Russia threatens to explode in protest over today’s election results, police have been carrying out a methodical detention of members of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, the most recent arrests coming just two hours ago.  RIA Novosti reports...
March 4, 2012

Anti-Putin Punk Protesters Face Seven Years

As Russia threatens to explode in protest over today’s election results, police have been carrying out a methodical detention of members of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, the most recent arrests coming just two hours ago.  RIA Novosti reports...
March 4, 2012

Putin Celebrates Victory with an Imported Crowd

Although official results from the election will not be available until tomorrow, Vladimir Putin has already given a victory speech proclaiming, “We have won in an open and fair struggle. (…) We defeated those who want Russia destroyed...
March 4, 2012

Putin Celebrates Victory with an Imported Crowd

Although official results from the election will not be available until tomorrow, Vladimir Putin has already given a victory speech proclaiming, “We have won in an open and fair struggle. (…) We defeated those who want Russia destroyed...