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Russia The pulse between 'Putinists' and Communists for the most traditional voter
The Communist Party, the main opposition force in Russia, refuses to recognize the results of yesterday's electronic vote in Moscow, which caused a turnaround in a recount that early Sunday night drew a very poor victory for the party government United Russia, which will finally retain the absolute majority. The communists called an unauthorized demonstration in the center of Moscow in the afternoon. Some 200 people shouted against the government next to the Pushkin statue on
one of the bleakest afternoons of the month.
Opponents accused Russian authorities of massive fraud after the ruling United Russia party won a larger-than-expected parliamentary majority, despite the loss of popularity of its electoral brand.
Putin's party has lost 4.6 percentage points
compared to the 2016 parliamentary elections.
With more than 99% of the votes counted, the Central Election Commission announced that United Russia had obtained almost 50% of the votes. Its closest rival, the Communist Party, grew almost seven points and took 19%, slightly less than expected. In third place was once again the nationalist LDPR party and the Fair Russia party with around 7.5% each.
So far these three parties tend to back the Kremlin on most key issues
: even in criticizing the dissent grouped around Alexei Navalny, increasingly annoying the elite with its investigations and unauthorized protests.
The communist leader,
Genadi Zyuganov
, before the elections harshly criticized Navalny, saying that he "represents the financial capital of the United States."
But the communists are beginning to confront the Kremlin in an increasingly frontal way.
Navalny rose to fame when he launched the mobilizations in 2011 to denounce a 'blow' in the parliamentary elections.
Now it is the would-be Communists who feel cheated
by a 'controlled' democracy from which they have been benefiting for years.
THE "ROBBERY" OF MOSCOW
The box of thunder is electronic voting, implemented in Moscow and six other locations. The system has been rated by the authorities as successful:
more than 2.6 million people voted online
. These elections have been in the spotlight due to the multiple irregularities denounced by independent observers. When the results of the electronic vote of each demarcation except Moscow were shown, outrage spread in the opposition.
The Communists went to sleep on Sunday, winning six constituencies in the capital, and the next morning they were not prevailing anywhere. "We have seen how our colleagues won and how everything changed after digital data appeared," lamented yesterday the vice president of the Communist Party
Dimitri Novikov
.
The Kremlin assures that the elections have been competitive, open and honest.
Communist anger can cause a headache: "An acute problem arises for the Kremlin: a faction in conflict in the State Duma,"
Tatiana Stanovaya
, head of the R.Politik analysis center
, warned last night
.
But the 'Red October' of 1917 is unlikely to be repeated in the coming weeks, even if the calendar and the mood of the new 'Bolsheviks' suggest coincidences.
ENTHRONIZATION IN 2024
United Russia's victory is strong enough to win more than two-thirds of the deputies in the lower house of Parliament.
This will allow you to continue passing your laws without having to rely on other forces.
The country does not have nationwide voting scheduled until 2024, when Russians will vote for president again.
Vladimir Putin has not disclosed whether he will run
, but last year he paved the legal path with a constitutional reform. During this 2021 he has cleared the political obstacles that could put potholes in the way: Navalny is serving two years in prison, his movement and his allies have been outlawed for being "extremists" and the most critical media are falling on the 'black list 'from foreign agents.
The freedom landscape has darkened in just six months.
In some areas of society there is concern about whether, after this consultation, the repression will be relaxed or will go further.
Many Russians have thought for years that change is not so desirable,
and at the same time a growing minority is frustrated that a transformation of the system is unlikely.
The new political course brings some news.
The Russian Parliament will have more than four parties for the first time since 1999.
Since 2003, the composition of the legislative body had not changed
.
The new formation that breaks in is the New People party, created last year by the founder of the cosmetics company Faberlic,
Alexei Nichaev.
INTERNATIONAL REJECTION
The participation was close to 52%.
But the US State Department said the elections were held under conditions
"that are not conducive to free and fair procedures."
The European Union also denounced that Russia's parliamentary elections were held in an atmosphere of intimidation and without acceptable international observers, according to the spokesman for the European External Action Service,
Peter Stano
.
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