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3,000 violations found in Russian disputed polls
Yury Chaika, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, has submitted to President Dmitry Medvedev a report on the December 4, 2011, State Duma elections.
The interim report says that Russia's parliamentary polls, won by the ruling United Russia party, were marred by 3,000 violations. Irregularities ranged from conflicts of interest on election committees to unlawful voters. Up to now, 95 people have been brought to administrative responsibility.
Putin's United Russia party polled less than 50 per cent of the vote -- down from over 64 per cent in 2007 -- but still clung on to a majority of 238 seats in the 450-seat State Duma in the December 4 polls which sparked mass protests in the country.
