
Russia Opposition Claims Mass Fraud After Vladimir Putin's Party Sweeps Vote
NDTV
Voting ended on Sunday followed an unprecedented crackdown on critics of President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's opposition accused the authorities of mass voter fraud as election results on Monday showed the ruling United Russia party winning a sweeping majority in parliament.
The three-day vote that ended on Sunday followed an unprecedented crackdown on critics of President Vladimir Putin and came with pre-election polls showing United Russia's popularity at a historic low.
But the party still claimed a two-thirds majority in the lower house State Duma, with United Russia's Andrei Turchak saying it was a "convincing and clean victory".
He told reporters the party had taken 120 seats from the party list and 195 single-mandate seats -- a total of 315 seats from 450.













