 The
Moscow City Duma elections that took place on 11 October saw
multiple violations despite the reports of the Moscow Electoral
Commission that “no grave violations” took place. Independent
election observers and opposition parties noted the multiple
violations such as ballot box stuffing and inhibiting access
to polling stations. Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of LI member
in Russia, YABLOKO, said: “Stemming from both direct and indirect
data, we can say that YABLOKO obtained about 12% of the votes.
Fraud took almost two thirds of our votes. Many YABLOKO voters
found out that ‘someone' had already voted for them, and they
were not allowed to vote. There was an Anti-election propaganda
throughout the whole elections and no information on where
to vote was available to the public. Russian President Medvedev
described the elections as ‘well organized' and ‘in accordance
with the law'.”
See also:
the
original
Elections
to the Moscow City Duma, 2009
Election
fraud at the Moscow City Duma elections. From the Live Journal
of Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary of the YABLOKO party
Violations
at the Moscow City Duma elections. Press Release. October
12, 2009
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