"The liberalization of the political system, which destructive forces must not be allowed to exploit" is moving ahead at full speed. The destructive forces—in the form of Russian citizens—are, in some places, taking heavy losses and retreating. On Sunday, elections were held in the city of Kasimov, in Ryazan Region. Many people were watching them for one reason: the Kasimov city council had been dissolved specifically so that, in the repeat election, United Russia could make a certain swindler from the presidential administration named Chesnakov a deputy, and then use that as a springboard to send him to the Federation Council.
The techniques for "ensuring victory" have not changed: one of the parties that would have received a lot of votes was removed from the ballot. The choice fell on A Just Russia (13.8% in the previous election). Who doubts that A Just Russia is represented in the State Duma, is officially registered, and has the right to take part in any election? No one. Nevertheless, United Russia and the Kasimov election commission decided otherwise. fraud and ballot stuffing were organized with little concern for the observers who had flooded the city: At neighboring Precinct Election Commission No. 2, meanwhile, what was happening was almost a textbook preparation for ballot stuffing. Observers were herded into a corner and forbidden to move around the room. Still, Yevgeny Suzdalenko, a Communist Party representative on the precinct commission with advisory voting rights, positioned himself near the ballot box, which allowed him to catch by the hand and hand over to police an unidentified man who tried to stuff 16 ballots into the box. Eight of them were for United Russia and eight for single-mandate United Russia candidate Sergei Kovalev. Ballot stuffing was also recorded at Precinct No. 13 in the city center—ten ballots each for the ruling party and its single-mandate candidate. Meanwhile, complaints about ballot stuffing, the removal of observers, bans on moving around polling stations, and precinct commission chairs suffering near-heart-attack episodes were coming in from almost all 22 polling stations in Kasimov. Observers accompanying the mobile ballot box from Precinct No. 6 found five ballots pre-marked for United Russia (UR), then another 15 in the stack, and later 20 more—for independent candidate Fyodor Provotorov, former mayor of Kasimov and Ryazan, owner of a fishing-net factory. Ballots filled out for United Russia and its single-mandate candidates were also found at Precinct No. 8. In the end, observers at all polling stations began demanding a recount of unused ballots, after which the chairs of Precincts No. 5 and No. 10 fled their polling stations. http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1986267 In the end, "United Russia" received 49.95% in Kasimov, which was even higher than in the previous State Duma election (42.01%). Well, of course—since December 2011, the ratings of the party of crooks and thieves have soared. People are loving United Russia more and more. Obviously, the people of Kasimov were thrilled that their city council had been dissolved in order to appoint a wealthy Muscovite to the Federation Council, complete with immunity from prosecution, a black car, and a big salary. So naturally they all voted in unison. Nevertheless, the destructive forces claim that in some places support for the crooks-and-thieves crowd is falling: RPutin’s rating in Moscow estimated at 27% In Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s disapproval rating has exceeded his approval rating, and only 21% are ready to vote for the ruling party ** One in three Muscovites views President Putin’s performance negatively, according to the latest Levada Center poll (980 people surveyed July 3–10, margin of error up to 4.9%): 15% have a very bad impression of his work, and 16% a simply bad one. By contrast, 27% approve of it, including 7% with a very positive view. Another 36% described their attitude as “average.” A similar poll was conducted in June 2005; at that time, 41% of Muscovites approved of Putin and only 16% disapproved. and the best part: “*Characteristically, until 2008 it was socially disapproved behavior to vote against Putin, but since last autumn people have started to feel embarrassed about their support for the ruling party,”** a sociologist notes *http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2012/07/20/2303746 Apparently, it is precisely to combat this public embarrassment over supporting United Russia that the party launched a special campaign, echoes of which we keep encountering:
Just like that. People simply started feeling embarrassed about supporting United Russia, and the response is a “territorial security department.” They’re looking for enemies everywhere. Not good. As E. Roizman puts it vividly in such cases: they crashed, and now they’re being dropped off at the military enlistment office. Well then. In response, all we can do is call on all destructive forces to continue their useful destructive work:
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