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But police said officers acted strictly in line with the law. Ratings of Russian presidential candidates Vladimir Putin-led United Russia party won the December 4 parliamentary elections in Russia but critics claimed the vote had been skewed in favor...
And there have been plenty of signs recently that this glue is weakening. As I blogged last week, election commission officials like Irina Kolpakova in Samara and Tatyana Ivanova in St. Petersburg have blown the whistle on how they were pressured to...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R, back) meets with leaders of the United Russia party at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 2, 2012. View Photo »
People from Bolotnaya Square reject not Putin, but the cultural group that is called United Russia ... In my view, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Fair Russia and the Communist Party are all parts of the larger United Russia.
In a telling sign of Volodin’s new, influential role as the bridge between Kremlin power and youth party politics, former Young Guard Leader Konstantin Mazurevsky was tapped to replace the recently-departed Alexander Vorobyov as chief of United...
Alexei Navalny told this newspaper that he has heard nothing about a democratic coalition and refused to comment on the possibility of joining it. Kudrin was not available for comment. Gazeta.ru United Russia Asks Members to Back off Amid More...
Today's Moscow is unlovable and unlivable, overdeveloped, underserved by public utilities and choked by traffic. You can't drive, you can't breathe, there is no place to park and walking is impossible thanks to giant SUVs lining the sidewalks. United...
CORRECTING YEAR TO 2012 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the Russian Popular Front in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3000 kilometers (1,850 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The Russian Popular... View Photo »
People from Bolotnaya Square reject not Putin, but the cultural group that is called United Russia ... In my view, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Fair Russia and the Communist Party are all parts of the larger United Russia.
Putin, it also illustrates how important the Internet has become in Russian politics. Russian media are talking about a "cyber war" between opposition hackers and their pro-Kremlin counterparts. There's barely been a ceasefire. On February 8 and 9,...
According to official election results, United Russia retained only 238 seats (down from 315 seats) in the 450-member State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. Follow TheStreet on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. While these...
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Russian boxer and United Russia party Duma member Nikolai Valuyev, right, attends the first plenary session of the year in the newly-elected State Duma, the lower parliament chamber, Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Deputies of the United Russia party congratulate Sergei Naryshkin (C), newly elected speaker of the Russian State Duma, during the first session of the lower house of the parliament in Moscow December 21, 2011. For much of the first decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's...
View Photo »Deputies of the United Russia party applaud Sergei Naryshkin (R, 3rd bottom), newly elected speaker of Russia's State Duma, during the first session of the lower house of parliament in Moscow December 21, 2011. For much of the first decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's...
View Photo »Sergei Naryshkin of United Russia, the newly elected parliament speaker, heads the opening session in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with activists of the United Russia party at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011.
View Photo »From left, United Russia party leader Boris Gryzlov, Liberal Democratic Party faction leader Igor Lebedev, Sergei Neverov, a United Russia party leader, Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov talk while waiting for a meeting of Russian...
View Photo »From left, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, United Russia party leader Boris Gryzlov, Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Sergei Neverov, a United Russia party leader, talk while waiting for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev before their meeting in the Gorki...
View Photo »Supporters of Vladimir Putin's United Russia's party gather at Manezhnaya square, just outside the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 to rally in support of the results of Dec. 4 parliamentary election. The pro-Kremlin gathering comes two days after the biggest...
View Photo »Supporters of Vladimir Putin's United Russia's party gather at Manezhnaya square, just outside the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 to rally in support of the results of Dec.4th parliamentary election. The pro-Kremlin gathering comes two days after the biggest...
View Photo »A demonstrator holds a leaflet reading "The United Russia party is a party of crooks and thieves" during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent...
View Photo »Protesters burn a United Russia party flag during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Many thousands of Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections are protesting...
View Photo »Russian nationalists burn a flag of the United Russia party during a sanctioned rally in Bolotnaya square to protest against violations at the parliamentary elections in Moscow December 10, 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities across Russia on Saturday to...
View Photo »A supporter of the United Russia Party holding a flag depicting the party's logo yawns during a celebration of his party's victory in the parliamentary elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. Putin's United Russia party barely held onto its majority in parliament,...
View Photo »Supporters of the United Russia Party gather together with the symbol of the Party Polar Bear to celebrate their party victory in the parliament election in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 7, 2011, with the words reading "The future is ours" is in the background. The pro-Kremlin United Russia...
View Photo »Supporters of the United Russia Party gather together with the symbol of the Party Polar Bear to celebrate their party victory in the parliament election in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 7, 2011. The pro-Kremlin United Russia party won less than 50 percent of votes, a steep fall from its earlier...
View Photo »Young men with emblems of United Russia's youth wing, the Young Guards, shout pro-Putin, who is prime minister, slogans near Triumphal Square in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Police clashed Tuesday on a central Moscow square with demonstrators trying to hold a second day of...
View Photo »A supporter of the United Russia political party wears the party flag on the belt of her coat during a post-election rally called "Thanks for support" in Theatral Square in central Krasnoyarsk December 6, 2011. Russian voters have sent Vladimir Putin a clear message that he must do more...
View Photo »Members of the United Russia political party take part in a post-election rally called "Thanks for support" in Theatral Square in central Krasnoyarsk December 6, 2011. Russian voters have sent Vladimir Putin a clear message that he must do more to keep them happy if he wants to extend...
View Photo »Chairman of United Russia party central executive committee Andrei Vorobyov attends a news conference dedicated to the results of the parliamentary elections in Moscow December 5, 2011. One of the worst election results of his 12-year rule has exposed Vladimir Putin's Achilles heel: his...
View Photo »Secretary of the United Russia General Council Presidium Sergei Neverov attends a news conference dedicated to the results of the parliamentary elections in Moscow December 5, 2011. One of the worst election results of his 12-year rule has exposed Vladimir Putin's Achilles heel: his...
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the headquarters of the United Russia party after voting closed in parliamentary elections in Moscow December 4, 2011. Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a big drop in support in a parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as...
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev walks in the United Russia ruling party's campaign staff in Moscow, on December 4, 2011. Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered today a surprise drop in support in legislative elections seen as a test of the Russian strongman's popularity ahead of his...
View Photo »Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, with the emblem of the United Russia party in the background, visits the United Russia party headquarters in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2011. Exit polls cited by Russian state television showed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party with less than 50 percent...
View Photo »A United Russia party election poster reading "Vote for Kaliningrad's interests" is installed for Dec. 4 parliamentary election in Kaliningrad, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The city and the region of the same name, disconnected from the rest of Russia and bordered by Lithuania,...
View Photo »Cars drive past a campaign poster for United Russia in the center of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg December 3, 2011. Russia goes to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election in which Vladimir Putin's United Russia is likely to have its huge parliamentary majority reduced. ...
View Photo »Russian boxer and United Russia party Duma member Nikolai Valuyev, right, attends the first plenary session of the year in the newly-elected State Duma, the lower parliament chamber, Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.
View Photo »People from Bolotnaya Square reject not Putin, but the cultural group that is called United Russia ... In my view, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Fair Russia and the Communist Party are all parts of the larger United Russia.
People from Bolotnaya Square reject not Putin, but the cultural group that is called United Russia ... In my view, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Fair Russia and the Communist Party are all parts of the larger United Russia.
Young people today don’t care at all about United Russia
Where did they find 12 more votes? In the Fair Russia party that bent readily to please United Russia
I didn't find a single mention of United Russia. I didn't see a single photo of the prime minister with the United Russia logo. Putin has erased United Russia from his life.
I didn't find a single mention of United Russia. I didn't see a single photo of the prime minister with the United Russia logo. Putin has erased United Russia from his life.
People finally realise they are being lied to. United Russia stole 13 million votes. Putin must go.
United Russia has lost touch with reality
United Russia is the system – it's hard to even call it a party
We will do everything to eliminate the monopoly of the ruling [United Russia] party
This time, United Russia won’t have a constitutional majority
These elections are neither free nor fair ... There has already been a significant number of violations. We have had mayors of entire towns forcing public sector workers to vote for United Russia on pain of dismissal.
If there’s a bad result for United Russia, it will be used against Medvedev
United Russia will win this election but in the long or medium term disappointment will keep growing and the authorities' legitimacy will fall unless changes are made.
I would like to once again stress that if the voters trust us with forming the government, that is they vote for United Russia and me as the Russian president, Dmitry Anatolyevich would undoubtedly head the government
It defines the perception of United Russia for millions of people now.
This time there is a real protest mood among the electorate, you can sense a real hatred for United Russia
Their support is waning and the opposition is hardening. If the United Russia party loses its majority, it will have a negative effect on the market. If they win 90 percent and the books look cooked, it will have a much more negative effect.
The entire system of state authority is actually working for the benefit of only one party ... There is direct pressure at every level of government with the demand that a maximum high result be achieved for the United Russia party.
Our campaign against United Russia ‘the party of crooks and thieves’ is on the Internet. We use the Internet to coordinate volunteers in various cities. It’s the only infrastructure accessible to us and so we use it.
I am certain that there will be victory (for United Russia) and that it will be secured by legal means
They told me rather clearly not to translate harsh stories about Putin or United Russia ... Or, they said, you can translate some but soften the headlines and don't put them on the front page.
Opinion polls show a drop in approval for the United Russia party. How does this change the balance of things? Will it increase your support?
This anger at [United Russia’s] monopoly at the polls is growing, people are getting less afraid.
The president of our university has told students who live in dorms not to vote in their hometowns but to take the buses laid on here to vote for United Russia. Anyone who doesn't agree to do so is threatened with expulsion. Students say the president is a member of the United Russia party.
