Russia's Parliamentary Election have been criticized around the world, and they have good reason to. Numerous Russian Government Workers have said they have been threatened with their jobs if they do not sign a secret contract saying they will vote for Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party.
The Party has won the Most seats with 63% of the vote. The next trailing party was the Communist Party with about 11% of the votes.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has tried numerous times to alter the amount of terms he is aloud to run in the past as a tool to try and stay in power, but according to the Constitution he will have to step down as president in March.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
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