http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20037209
There has been a 3 day vote in which the Russian opposition have "elected" a new leader to challenge Putin. This was completely unsanctioned, but was done in protest to Putin's corrupt ways. The elected person is the popular anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. Essentially all that this vote has done was shown what the people of Russia's true feelings are toward its government, due to their choice of voting in an anti-corruption campaigner. The current administration has done little to care or acknowledge it and view it as just simple protest; however, opposition is hoping that this vote will get the people of Russia to rise up against their government like they had last winter. Alexei Navalny got his political strength through his blogs about his findings of corrupt Russian Politics. With this knowledge he essentially made a Russian type Wiki-leaks. It's web address is <rospil.info> (note you need google translate in order to access some of the information.
Matt Stochelski
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