lbo-talk-digest V1 #5914

[ChrisD(RJ)]

Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:03:13 -0300
From: "Alexandre Fenelon" <afenelon at zaz.com.br>
Subject: RES: lbo-talk-digest V1 #5906

What they did in 1996 was bar Yeltsin's opposition (that is, the CPRF) from
the electronic media and threaten that, if the CP won, there would either be
a return to Stalinism (a bullshit threat; the CPRF are social democrats) or
a civil war (a real possibility). Even so, Zyuganov almost won. In fact, he
may actually have won --there is good reason to suspect that the votes were
fiddled with.


Chris Doss
The Russia Journal


- -Is there proof of such a massive fraud?

			Alexandre Fenelon

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Not "proof," so far as I know. It is widly alleged however.

Now, there is massive evidence of election fraud in the regions during the
2000 elections, probably mainly because of regional governments trying to
get in good with the Kremlin.

Chris Doss
The Russia Journal