Russian vote fraud alleged
An independent Russian vote monitoring group said on Monday that the presidential election that Vladimir Putin won in a landslide with nearly 90% of the vote was the most fraudulent and corrupt in the country's history.
Golos (Voice) said the three-day election that ended on Sunday could not be considered genuine because "the campaign took place in a situation where the fundamental articles of the Russian Constitution, guaranteeing political rights and freedoms, were essentially not in effect".
"Never before have we seen a presidential campaign that fell so far short of constitutional standards," the group said in a statement.
The Kremlin on Monday hailed the result, on a record turnout of 77.4%, as showing that the Russian people had "consolidated" around Putin. It said Western attempts to portray the election as illegitimate were absurd.
The United States, Germany, Britain and others have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
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You would think with that kind of turnout for Putin that the Russians would be prosperous and free. Instead, it looks like they are in the grip of a tyrant.
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