Arrests, armed soldiers and opposition parties banned: How Putin controlled Russia’s ‘sham’ elections
Russia turned away independent European observers as critics said there were few avenues for genuine dissent in the country’s first wartime parliamentary elections, Maira Butt reports
<p>Russia turned away independent European observers as critics said there were few avenues for genuine dissent in the country’s first wartime parliamentary elections, Maira Butt reports</p>