Sentences with phrase «scale electoral fraud»

The 2011 parliamentary vote was followed by anti-government street protests across Russia, sparked by what was widely perceived to have been large - scale electoral fraud: a rigged election in favour of United Russia.

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Large - scale protests followed the last federal parliamentary elections on Dec. 4, 2011, after widespread reports of electoral fraud and rigged elections.

[52] Despite overwhelming evidence indicating the ease with which this wide - scale postal fraud was achieved, the judge noted that the government had published a statement in which it claimed that «the systems already in place to deal with the allegations of electoral fraud are clearly working.»