Today is the last day of parliamentary elections in Russia that began on September 17. By the way, after President Putin came to power, elections in Russia have remained negligible, as they have no effect on the country’s political equations. Voting in Russia is done by proportional representation system. But today, on the last day of Russia’s election, two astronauts present in the International Space Station also voted. He exercised his franchise by voting for the candidate of his choice from space itself. Russia’s Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubov, who were in space, did this through online voting. About which information was given by uploading a video from the space agency Roscosmos.
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Will Putin’s party win?
Experts say that this time also the results will not be surprising, President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party will win. Despite this, his party is not behind in all kinds of rigging in elections. According to local media, out of 225 candidates in the election, 24 names are the same. The names of Boris Vishnevsky were introduced to mislead voters. It is being said that this ruling party has deliberately fielded candidates with three similar names to defeat the opposition leader.
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Communist Party and observers allege election violations
The head of Russia’s second-largest political party, the Communist Party, has alleged widespread violations in the election of a new national parliament. His party is expected to win a good number of seats in this election. A video circulated on YouTube last night in which jailed opposition leader Alexei Navelny explained who should vote to undermine the United Russia party’s dominance. Broadcasting of this video in Russia was banned but it is viewable on non-Russian servers. Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov said on Saturday the second day of the three-day polling that the police and the National Electoral Commission should pay attention to reports about “serious facts” including voting irregularities in various regions.
Apple-Google removed Navalny’s app from Play Stores
An app built by aides of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny went missing from the Apple and Google Play stores on Friday ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections. Navalny designed an app called ‘Smart Voting’ to promote candidates who are likely to defeat candidates backed by the Kremlin. Russian authorities are discouraging the use of this app.
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