Massive Vote Fraud in Russia

Putin is trying to rig contests in
Russia in his favour

Elections in Russia in the past have always been shrouded in controversy but revelations about the upcoming elections prove to be the most damning for Putin. Activists have said that orders came from the hierarchy to get 25% of Moscow’s utility workers to vote for Putin, not once, not twice but five times. In return for doing this they would each be paid £200, people are desperate for money and fear for their jobs, so any amount of money is welcomed. If they achieved their objective the result would be Putin receiving 250,000 fraudulent votes. And this is only if the rigging has occurred in Moscow. There may be many more cases around Russia and could easily tip the balance of power in favour of Putin.

The way in which people can vote five times is through signing up to five different polling stations using an absentee form. These forms are designed for people to vote in a certain polling station when they cannot vote in their home polling station.

Putin has released a statement saying that the accusations are absolutely false and that he is not participating in vote rigging.

The independent monitoring website, Golos has received hundreds of reports of corrupt vote schemes from across Russia. This could result in Russia’s least fair election since the fall of Communism.

This is going to be difficult for Putin’s opposition to fight. Hopefully the opposition will win and Russia can then be allowed to change for the better.