Vladimir Putin Russian Dictatorship Bars Heavy Pressure from Diverse Democracy Protest Movement

Moscow, Jan 27, 2012, (AFP)

Russia today disqualified the sole liberal challenger to Vladimir Putin in March 4 presidential elections, in a move slammed by his supporters as undermining the legitimacy of the polls.

Russia’s central elections commission said it could not accept nearly a quarter of the registration signatures gathered by Grigory Yavlinsky because they were either photocopies of originals or fakes.