Russia’s latest rigged election takes an unexpected turnRussians expected the country’s latest local elections to be “engineered” by the Kremlin as usual — and of course they were — but no-one expected a mass walkout by federal politicians in protest. Are Russians finally tiring of the country’s democratic farce?
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What’s standing in the way of US-Russia relations?
Well, Putin for one, says Russian political analyst Yevgeny Kiselyov — but both sides need to reset their expectations of each other.
Another Russian journo dies in mysterious circumstances
Yaroslav Yaroshenko, editor of newspaper Korruptsiya i Prestupnost, has died from head injuries suffered from an attack outside his apartment after the paper reported on alleged corruption by local government and officials.
Anna Politkovskaya murder to be retried
Russia’s Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of three suspects in the controversial 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a murder many suspect to have been at the behest of the Kremlin.
Russia on the slippery slope to autocracy
The Kremlin has been gradually taking away Russians’ constitutional rights over the last eight years, and are now literally rewriting the history books to conform to their worldview, says Vladimir Ryzhkov.
Democracy, Kremlin style
If you’re going to rig an election, either go all out Soviet-style and claim 100% of the vote, or attempt to make it a believable figure, says the New York Times.
