Thousands of Russians Protest Voting Irregularities

Posted Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Featured on Episode of the 2011-2012 season

Tens of thousands of Russians turned out in central Moscow and across the country Saturday to protest what they believe were rigged elections. The voting a week earlier was for members of parliament. United Russia, the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, suffered big losses but still retained the majority of votes. People expected Putin's party to lose by a larger margin.

Additional Information

PBS NewsHour Extra for Teachers: As Political Protests Grip Russia, New Candidates Emerge (explanation, classroom activities)
NPR: Russian Election Protests Biggest In 2 Decades (audio and text)
PRI's The World: Thousands Rally Across Russia (Reuters video)
New York Times: Russian Media Leaders Fired
Guardian: Mobile phone video shows fake ballots (video in Russian with English subtitles)
Reuters Video: Russian President announces election review
From PRI's The World: Story about a new Russian protest video and the music video (in Russian but it's really cool)

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