Voting, Russian-style; Political Crisis in Russia  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8763 (Dec. 2011), page 49-50.
Topik: Elections; Voters; Fraud; Political Parties
Fulltext: Voting, Russian-style.pdf (41.38KB)

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A rigged election, a jailed popular blogger, an arrogant leader and quiescent television: in the past week the Kremlin has used all of these to trigger Russia's deepest political crisis in years. This may not be the beginning of a revolution, but it is the end of Vladimir Putin's era of alleged stability, which started over a decade ago. Only a few weeks ago Russia's Duma election looked likely to be a non-event with a predetermined outcome. Genuine opposition was barred, state TV propaganda was at full throttle and Mr Putin, Russia's prime minister, and Dmitry Medvedev, the outgoing president, were competing to make pledges of handouts. Governors were set specific targets for how many votes their region should deliver to United Russia, the ruling party. Yet the election, on December 4th, has burst open Mr Putin's political monopoly. In a country where elections are in effect referendums on the government, this result suggested crumbling legitimacy. It also showed that discontent with the Kremlin was spreading across all social spheres.

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