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March 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Golos’ website recorded well more than 1,000 complaints of irregularities,
including voter lists of questionable validity and non-functioning cameras
in voting stations.
Web cameras were installed in Russia’s more than 90,000 polling stations after
the December election, a move initiated by Putin in response to complaints
of ballot stuffing and fraudulent counts. Those elections saw his United
Russia party retain its majority in parliament, though substantially reduced
from its previous overwhelming control.
It was unclear Sunday to what extent the cameras would be effective in
recording voting irregularities or questionable counts. The election
observation mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe noted scepticism in a report on election preparations.
“This is not an election … it is an imitation,” said Boris
Nemtsov, another prominent opposition leader.
But despite the increased dismay, opinions polls have shown Putin positioned
to easily defeat four other candidates and return to the presidency. Putin
presided over a significant growth in Russia’s prosperity and growing
stability that contrasted with the disorder and anxiety of the 1990s, when
Boris Yeltsin led Russia’s emergence from the wreckage of the Soviet Union.
“Under Boris Nikolayevich, life was simply a nightmare, but, you know,
now it’s OK. Now it’s good, I’m happy with the current situation,” said
51-year-old Alexander Pshennikov, who cast his ballot for Putin at a Moscow
polling station.
But other voters were tired of the heavy-handed ways of the one-time KGB spy.
Natalya Yulskaya, 73, said she voted for billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov as a
protest gesture against Putin.
“I know the KGB will be in power … but I gave it a try,” she
said.
Putin has dismissed the protesters’ complaints, portraying them as a coddled
minority of urban elitists and as dupes of Western countries that he claims
want to undermine Russia.
Protests after the election appear certain.
“These elections are not free … that’s why we’ll have protests
tomorrow. We will not recognise the president as legitimate,” said
Mikhail Kasyanov, who was Putin’s first prime minister before going into
opposition.
The Interior Ministry called in 6,000 police reinforcements to the capital
from other regions, the state news agency ITAR-Tass reported Friday. There
were no immediate reports of trouble on Sunday, although police arrested
three young women who stripped to the waist at the polling station where
Putin cast his ballot; one of them had the word “thief” written on
her bare back.
Tens of thousands of Russians had volunteered to be election observers,
receiving training on how to recognise vote-rigging and record and report
violations.
Putin has promised to appoint Medvedev prime minister if he wins the
presidency in order to pursue his reform ideas, but many regard Medvedev as
lacking the hard-edge political skills to be an effective reformer.
Source: agencies
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