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Did Putin's Political Party Play With the Polling Results Produced
There certainly seems to be a bit of turbulence surrounding Putin's election in Russia and the so-called 50% claimed by his party. There's been a lot of money of news coverage total the protests regarding this, in addition to how quickly the protests were put down directly following the election with military police number 10,000 coming in with overwhelming force to put on the discontent. There are lots of claims now of "voting irregularities" a buzz-word obviously for fraudulent elections.

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Okay so, what's the deal here, Putin says there is nothing to it, and that it is actually the US causing the protests (cite: Wall Street Journal article; 12-9-11 "Putin Blames US for Protests - Under Fire, Premier Takes Jabs at Clinton in Sharp Escalation to Rhetoric, Gets Tougher on Opposition," by Alan Cullison). Maybe, it is simply me, but what on Earth does the united states relate to fraudulent elections in Russia - answer me that one? Additionally, I ask what's the real thing here, is it really true; did Putin's Party have fun with the election polling?

Not long ago, I had been discussing this with someone residing in Moscow, and I asked "so, let me know first hand, what's happening with political protests over the election? Is there anything really to that particular? Was there really questionable election ballot counting, aka "cheating" or is the nation just somewhat divided over how you can move forward?" The thing is, the reason I ask is because the news we get here from CNN seems jaded, out of the box the Russian news station that plays stuff for the US audience with a Russian spin and motif.

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Nevertheless, even Gorbachev even stated the election was stolen from the Russian People, which seems a rather dangerous thing for him to express in public places, and so i doubt he would have made that claim unless he had some first-hand knowledge to it all? Interestingly enough, those who speak out against the election, bloggers in Russia for example have found their websites hacked down, but Putin supporters. I suppose this is getting more common these days around the world with staunch political supporters lacking ethical checks.

Yes, elections are something which are serious in today's world, increasingly more so. Some are predicting an Arab Spring type uprising in Moscow total this, but I doubt any of the old timers need to see the chaos they lived through before, even if the new generation is willing to place up a fight, perhaps even put their lives on the road as continues to be completed in the center East and North Africa recently. Actually, an article in Bloomberg News on December 12 asked that question; "Is the Arab Spring Headed to Moscow?"

To date both the overwhelming government force, and also the protestors are chilling out, not wishing to escalate anymore conflict - well, that's the current set of events currently, but these things usually have a lifetime of their very own, therefore we shall see? Please consider all of this.