Thousands of demonstrators protested in Moscow yesterday against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which took the largest share of votes in parliamentary elections that both domestic and international observers said were rigged, USA Today reported.
The crowd of 5,000 to 10,000 people, mainly young people, chanted, “Russia without Putin!”
A group of several hundred protestors marched toward the Central Elections Commission near the Kremlin, the Associated Press reports, but were blocked and arrested by riot police.
In Sunday’s election, Putin’s United Russia party took about 50% of the vote, a significant drop from the 64% it got in 2007.
Opposition politicians and election monitors charged that the voting was inflated because of ballot stuffing.
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