The people came out in force in Russia on Saturday to show their disgust after seeing election officials stealing votes in the 4th December elections. Mobile phone footage from Yekaterinburg showed three teachers putting ticks on an entire pack of voting slips. Dmitry Finikov, a small businessman, posted a video that went viral - it showed how election officials had forged the final results to boost United Russia's share from only 128 votes to 515.
Some estimate there were up to 50,000 orderly, resolute men and women of all ages who turned out to show their contempt for the corrupt regime headed by supreme ruler – ex KGB man Vladimir Putin.
Protesters want the election results annulled and have promised to gather again in two weeks if the Kremlin refuses to act. Putin made a lame attempt of trying to blame Hillary Clinton for his predicament over the weekend and it shows just how desperate he has become.
Putin isn’t talking but President Dmitry Medvedev said on his Facebook page that vote violations would be investigated. "I do not agree with the slogans or speeches made at the protests," Medvedev wrote. "Nonetheless, I have given the instruction to investigate all messages from polling stations related to the following of electoral law." And the response? Thousands of mocking comments appeared within minutes of his post, giving it the contempt it deserved.
Hard to believe that Putin still persists with portraying the protesters as traitors and officials are gathering supporters to put on a demonstration of their own. Alexander Isayev, a United Russia Duma deputy, tweeted: "A reminder that on Monday at 4pm on Manezh Square, there will be a demonstration by supporters of Putin and Medvedev – those who love Russia and don't want revolutionary turmoil."
Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov wrote in his blog: “After 10 years of hibernation, Moscow and all Russia woke up."
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