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Subscribe to RSSResults from a war-torn Russian republic shed light on probable irregularities in the election that secured Vladimir Putin his third term as president on Sunday, according to a correspondent with NBC News' British partner ITV News.
The prime minister – who previously served twice as the country's president – won with almost 64 percent of the vote over the weekend.
But he won 99.82 percent of the vote in Chechnya on Sunday, ITV's Bill Neely writes in his blog on Tuesday.
"It's remarkable, because Putin attacked Chechnya twice in appallingly brutal wars with its separatists, wars marked by massacre and murder. All that is clearly blood under the carpet."
The turnout in the precinct was really interesting, too, Neely writes:
"For example, look at Precinct 451 in the capital Grozny,where Putin got 1,482 votes and (former Communist leader Gennady) Zyuganov got one. Terrific vote. Except that only 1,389 people were registered to vote in the precinct. That means the turnout was 107 percent."
Dozens arrested at anti-Putin protests
Reports by the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) highlighted problems with the election.
However, Putin's victor elicited more muted responses from the European Union and from the United States, both of which called for an "independent" investigation of fraud accusations but said they would work with the president in his new role, according to The New York Times.
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On Monday, Russian riot police detained more than 500 people who either attended unsanctioned protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg or refused to disperse after a peaceful rally that had been permitted on Pushkin Square in central Moscow.
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Msnbc.com staff and Reuters contributed to this report.
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107% voter turnout. Was that in Russia or a area where there is a lot of democrats?
lol.. I think ACORN was probably involved.
Bella,
Are you suggesting ACORN would ever do anything illegal? lol
You are all ridiculous. There are always problems within organizations but trying to limit the use of organizations who are trying to ensure that low income voters get their voices heard is unamerican and disingenuous.
It was run by the Florida voters administration (Bush relative). 107% for the Democrat, state goes to Republican.
good reason to have voter id laws.
FYI to the ACORN and Democrat haters, you better check the news headlines for the past few months. There are Republicans getting indicted for real voter fraud. The only thing ACORN ever had was voter registration fraud. But why should I expect ignorant people to understand the difference...
Well, according to the five independent investigations into ACORN by the Proskauer Rose firm, the Congressional Research Service, New York attorney general, California attorney general, and US Government Accountability Office, no, ACORN was responsible for no criminal wrongdoing or misappropriation of funds.
I don't know about you guys, but a heavily edited video by a guy who is widely regarded as deceptive by anyone with a frontal lobe just doesn't come off as reliable information. Here's a quote from his wikipedia page:
Investigations by both legal authorities and journalists have found O'Keefe has "selectively", "heavily" or "deceptively" edited secretly recorded videos to leave a false impression and present the subjects in the worst possible light.
The Russian Mob is very motivating.
Sure, in RUSSIA, where there is an actual PROBLEM.
So, Russia runs its elections like the Democrats in Chicago do! Just ask Obama! Even dead Democrats can vote.
Just sounds like a typical chicago ward to me.
All of you saying it is like how Democrats run elections are just showing your complete and total ignorance. Just look at the Republican Primary process.
Some states change who won many times because "We just don't know the exact number of votes.".
Some states like in Washington where they locked out 3000 voters "Because we didn't expect so many.".
We have a state where the Republicans posted 0 votes for some counties and cities and the election officials in those locations said they turned them in.
Republican voting officials calling elections for one person and telling voters that any late votes won't count (especially when the uncounted votes would change the outcome).
Then you have the Republican Election Coordinator in one state convicted of voter fraud and his friend the Republican Governor saying he wanted the judge to lower the charges to a misdemeanor so he could let the felon go back to running the General Election in November.
Republicans have refined voter fraud to a science and all Russia is doing is copying the methods the Republicans have been showing this election cycle.
The new voting laws the Republicans are passing in some states are just veiled attempts to try and hide their own voting fraud because they know they are doing it themselves all the time.
Those of you who keep ranting about ACORN clearly don't understand the situation and are the sad victims of conservatives such as Rush, Glenn and Fox who have filled your heads with hyperbole and misinformation.
The Russian people just like to vote early and often. Kinda like CHICAGO , so what is the problem ??
Sounds like Florida to me...at least the 2000 version.
You guys, I dojn't know if you read this, but this article is about RUSSIA. Not the US.
Wow, I guess the GOP pre-school got out early today by the sound of some of these comments. The fact that folks still bring up ALCORN shows how hurting they are for something of substance.
Say what you want but I think it's pretty indicative that you hear story after story about Republican voter fraud in Indiana by the DNC's propaganda machine we call the media but not one of those "news" outlets are talking about the proven fact that the signatures to get Obama and Clinton on the ballot were forged in that same state in 2008. Please explain to me how one man giving a false address, which for the record I don't condone, trumps page after page of forgeries perpetrated by the Democrat party in that state? So far I've found over 100 stories about the false address and 4 about the forged signatures. If that's not the textbook definition of hypocrisy, I don't know what is.
That's not possible. After all, everyone knows that all voting irregularities would be solved in the US if we implemented a national ID system. Russia has one right? Everyone has their 'papers' proving who they are?
Lets not forget the leaked videos of voting officials filling out a giant stack of ballots for Putin during their primaries.
Sounds like a Chicago ballot!
Ahh, Chicago politics.
Chicago would be disappointed in such a low turn-out.
Hey we're all joking here, & some of the responses are excellent, but lets wait & see what OUR Chicago politician does in November .
The US gets all pissy when someone outside the country accuses us of voter irregularities. And we wonder why no one likes us. Maybe we should tend to our own damn business and if the Russian people has a problem with how their country is run, then let the Russian people change it. No one likes a foreign buttinsky.
Wonder what the headline will be when it happens here? Then again, ACORN is gone so it might not...
Actually, they are not gone. They just changed their name to Community Organizations International...
You can sweep dirt under the rug, but it never really goes away.
ACORN may have changed its name, but it's still filled with the same dishonest characters. At least a big chunk of their government funding has been stopped.
No, we still have Republicans in charge of voting in several states and it is obvious they will do anything to suppress voters voting.
To quote the famous Richard Daley, Democratic Mayor, Senator and Governor, it is not who votes, but how many times they vote. I wonder if anybody is really surprised? It is more amazing that there were votes that were not for him. Wow!!! talk about taking your life into your own hands, casting a vote for somebody else must have been a extremely dangerous. Maybe his buddies, Assad and the Iranians will come to his inauguration. So what if he is a filthy infidel, he keeps the tools of the trade flowing to his pals, as long as they are not Checknyans.
The USSR lives! If you think US politics are bad just look at Russia. LOL.
Maybe voters don't need to present an ID...
"...European Union and the United States, both...said they would work with the president in his new role".
Russia is not Syria, Putin stays.
Limbaugh was there and they gave him One vote for every extra Oxycontin they could find in his body
That's just god damn ridiculous. That'd be like Bush getting 99.8% of the vote in Massachusetts or Obama getting 99.8% in Mississippi. I love how these guys can't even make up realistic numbers for their fake elections. Why even bother? That's like Saddam's history of 100% approval ratings.
Wtf happened to "the liberal media"??? - remember all the voter irregularity in the GOP primaries? problems in Iowa, Maine, South Carolina... counties not counted, votes not counted. But that's not news because it's the corporate masters pulling the strings.
The blatant disinformation on the part of MSNBS and other "MSM" networks is disgusting. I really don't know why I visit this site anymore. It's all just propaganda.
Probably a better idea to just go to sites that publish only what you agree with.
As New Yorks "Boss Tweed" said, "I don't care who votes, or who they vote for". "I can always fix 'em during the counting".
you mean like fox news
I believe there's a HUGE defference between a 'caucus' vote by one political party and an OFFICIAL election. Perhaps you need to whine at the Republicans if you have issue with how they run their party.
Sadly, I'm not surprised in this outcome. When you have a dictatorship you expect 100% voter turn-out. Better than 100% just shows how afraid the proletariat are of their dear leader.
It happened in Nazi Germany, Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran...basically anywhere that "sham" elections are held.
Makes me wonder where it will happen next. Wait...when's our next election?
Yeah, if the Republicans gain control we will be in the same boat as the countries you mentioned.
Remember, Carl Rove stated he wanted to make a PERMANENT Republican Majority in this country. Sounds just like Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, etc.
People please, enough of the Republicans this and democrats that. It doesn't matter how they give it to you, you're just as boned. Neither side is worth a crap and are actively seeking to destroy the foundation of America. Who ever represents you is just as much as a dirtbag thief as who ever represents the other guy. There is a whole industry behind our politicians to manipulate us. Deal with it. And when you finally realize how stupid this system is. Do something about it or be prepared for an election like in Russia here.
Sad is right - this guy is nothing but a KGB dictator. His need to run the country again smacks of meglomania. I'm sure he made enough rubles to live a very comfortable life style out of the lime light.
perhaps putins boys can send over some boots for obamas panther thugs, and some tips for axelrod
I heard this russian voting joke:
The Party Administrator goes up to Putin: "Mr. Putin, the electiion results are in and I have good news and bad news!"
Putin: " What is the bad news? "
PA: " The communist got 75 % of the vote "
Putin: " ...and the good news? "
PA: " YOU got 76 % !! "
Ha!
It's funny because it true!
Wait, that's not good...
All of you saying it is like how Democrats run elections are just showing your complete and total ignorance. Just look at the Republican Primary process.
Some states change who won many times because "We just don't know the exact number of votes.".
Some states like in Washington where they locked out 3000 voters "Because we didn't expect so many.".
We have a state where the Republicans posted 0 votes for some counties and cities and the election officials in those locations said they turned them in.
Republican voting officials calling elections for one person and telling voters that any late votes won't count (especially when the uncounted votes would change the outcome).
Then you have the Republican Election Coordinator in one state convicted of voter fraud and his friend the Republican Governor saying he wanted the judge to lower the charges to a misdemeanor so he could let the felon go back to running the General Election in November.
Republicans have refined voter fraud to a science and all Russia is doing is copying the methods the Republicans have been showing this election cycle.
The new voting laws the Republicans are passing in some states are just veiled attempts to try and hide their own voting fraud because they know they are doing it themselves all the time.
Impressive. In the U.S., showplace for democracy, turnout is rarely reaches 50%.
remember, putin shut off some pipelines too. stalin, one of the creators of the kgb was very efficient as well. the first thing koba did was to attack the church. the second was to centralize a large segment of the economy for control and power.
sound familiar?
sound familiar?
Sounds like Russia being Russia.
was al franken over there counting?
Never trust a russian-never.
Man, the more things change, the more Russia is still Russia.
WOW! Way to go Putin! You brought out all the voters . . . and rats too! You need to join Howie Mandel on "Here's How We Do It!"
Just like how many dead people somehow cast their vote in the USA. Must be an important election if they come back from the dead.
What's so surprising? These people have lived under the Soviet system for so long, they cannot let go of old habits in a mere decade. Shortly after Stalin introduced the first Five Year Plan, the concept of "over fulfilling the plan" was born. That's all this is.
Privet, George A. Marquart
Socialism is in their DNA. Watch out, America. This is what socialists do when they come to power.
Privet 2 u 2.
mickey mouse and the bunch are over there too?