Russia's rigged election gives Putin a mandate for all-out war
Russia's rigged election gives Putin a mandate for all-out war Observers described the Sept. 18-20 parliamentary election as the "dirtiest" vote in Russia's modern history. In a country that has not held free and fair elections for nearly three decades, that might seem like a difficult result to achieve. During the election, numerous techniques were used to rig the vote on an unprecedented scale: forcing…