In the way that these things happen, there were two stories from Russia that caught my eye in the last few days.
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| Medvedev–Putin Tandemocracy |
The first was that the Russians will hold Parliamentary elections on Sunday the 4th December, and there are allegations and fears that this will be the least 'free and fair' election since the fall of communism appeared to usher in 'democracy' in 1991 ... Vladimir Putin is leader of the ruling United Russia, but the incumbent President is Dmitry Medvedev (also from that party).
