The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Russia Local Elections: Putin Loyalists Win Elections, Observers Say Vote Rigged

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Russia Local Elections: Putin Loyalists Win Elections, Observers Say Vote Rigged Oct 15th 2012, 18:44 MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin's loyalists swept to victory in most local election races held across Russia, preliminary results showed Monday, while independent observers said the vote was openly rigged. The independent monitoring organization Golos estimated that as many as half of the votes for the Kremlin party in one Siberian city may have been falsified. The Central Election Commission's results showed Kremlin-backed candidates and incumbent governors won all five gubernatorial races held Sunday. The Kremlin party, United Russia, also dominated mayoral races and those for local legislatures held in 77 of Russia's 83 regions. Read More... More on Vladimir Putin

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