Opponents of Russian President Putin have alleged large-scale vote rigging in the country's election over the weekend, which looks set to return an emphatic victory for the ruling United Russia party.
Communist Party deputy leader Dmitry Novikov said: “We will prove to the country that it needs to rebel and fight against digital innovations.”
The scale of this week's projected victory means United Russia will have more than two-thirds of the deputies in the 450-seat State Duma lower house of Parliament. This will enable it to continue to push through laws without having to rely on other parties. "The Communists have improved their results and there are new parties that have done well," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who praised the way the election had been conducted.
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, center, talks to the media during a news conference on the results of State elections, in Moscow, Monday.Other opponents agree the race was not clean.
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