Big Putin vote in Chechnya has locals puzzled http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL03585550
Mon Dec 3, 2007
GROZNY, Russia, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Russia's volatile Chechnya, once President Vladimir Putin's biggest headache, ironically turned out to be a big success story for him in Sunday's election, according to official figures.
But the Central Election Commission's figures, showing that Chechens voted in droves for the Kremlin chief's party United Russia, had some locals scratching their heads. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL03585550