DOUBT CAST ON MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTIONS.

The Russian State Duma yesterday decided to investigate allegations that votes were rigged in last weekend’s elections to the Moscow City Duma. The investigation was called for by parliamentary deputy Konstantin Borovoi. (ORT, December 17) Vyacheslav Igrunov, head of the Moscow organization of Yabloko, told Radio Liberty when the results were announced of his suspicions over the election. He said one of Yabloko’s candidates was leading in the counting until late at night when the computer crashed; once it was working again, Yabloko’s candidate suddenly appeared in second place and was declared to have lost the election. (Radio Liberty, December 15) However, the Duma has few powers in type kind of case and it is unlikely that its investigation could change the outcome.

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