CCTV footage surfaced Monday showing a Russian official stuffing a ballot box during an election in which Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party won huge gains in parliament.
The obvious vote manipulation was not unprecedented for the Sunday election. Election monitoring group Golos reported 427 reports of election fraud, but warned there was little they could do about it.
“We don’t have any way to fight it through law enforcement agencies or through courts but we fight violation through attracting public attention,” Golos official Roman Udot told BBC News.
Russia has gone after Golos in the past. Russia’s Justice Ministry decided Golos’ monitoring was “political activity” akin to spying. The group was labeled a “foreign agent,” levied with a massive fine, its leader was personally fined, and was shut down by the Justice Ministry for six months.
Sourse: The Daily Caller
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