by Sarah Hurst Vladimir Putin looked to be awarding himself around 74 percent of the vote in his spectacularly fraudulent election today, a big increase on his relatively modest 63 percent in 2012. With about 40 percent of the votes counted, the triumphant president briefly appeared on stage […]
by Sarah Hurst Russia declared its polls open in Kamchatka and Chukotka this evening, with an official promising “I’m sure there are no violations,” while at the same time police surrounded Alexei Navalny’s campaign headquarters in St. Petersburg and detained supporters of Navalny all over the country. Navalny […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny was just one of thousands of people who took part in the now-annual march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow today, ahead of the third anniversary of his murder on February 27. Smaller gatherings were also held in many cities around Russia. […]
by Sarah Hurst The minority ethnic republics of the North Caucasus and other parts of Russia are likely to produce the most fraudulent election results on March 18, and people there should act as observers to try to stop this, Alexei Navalny has said in a video published […]
Navalny vs. Putin 