Russians Protest Over Flawed Elections
As you all probably know by now, there be protests in Russia following severe irregularities with the recent Russian ballot. These protests started out as a response to flawed Russian legislative election process, and these aren't small scale events. Russia hasn't seen mobs this large since the fall of the Soviet Union 22 years ago. Here's what you need to know about the demands of the Russian people: freedom for political prisoners annulment of the election results the resignation of the electoral commission head, Vladimir Churov the opening of an investigation into vote fraud registration of opposition parties and overall new democratic legislature new open, democratic elections Russian protesters in Bolotnaya Square The Russian International News Agency cites more than 1000 reports of electoral irregularities (these include vote fraud, illegal campaigning, obstruction of observers, media bias, ballot stuffing, lack of impartiality in the election commis...