Tuesday, March 06, 2012

All the Way with Vlad

The NYT has a superb article by Andrew Kramer about the recent Russian elections. The article manages to be terrifying, sad and hilarious at the same.

Here is an extract:


Through the day in this neighborhood of Grozny, dozens of minibuses, some bearing the emblem of the local Gazprom affiliate, ChechenRegionGaz, shuttled voters to, from and — significantly — between polling stations.
It was hardly concealed. Asked what she was doing entering more than one polling station, one woman replied without hesitation, “We’re voting.”

You can read the full article here

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/world/europe/fraudulent-votes-for-putin-abound-in-chechnya.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ee_20120306

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