Russian MPs make election protest - Democratic Underground

demoleft

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Oct-14-09 03:39 PM
Original message

Russian MPs make election protest

Source: bbc

Russian opposition parties have walked out of parliament and threatened to raise mass demonstrations in protest at local elections they say were rigged.

Official results showed PM Vladimir Putin's United Russia party winning nearly every poll by a wide margin.

Some 135 out of 450 MPs walked out of parliament - the Duma - in a rare show of anger against the Kremlin.

"We will not sit in a room with fraudsters. We are leaving the room!" declared one opposition party leader.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8307709.stm

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.