Calls for protest have been mounting since the parliamentary elections last Sunday, which domestic and international observers said were
tainted by ballot - stuffing and fraud on behalf of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia.
In the Senate, even he is
tainted by the formation of an IDC Coalition, which usurped the voter's wishes as indicated through the
ballot box count, to have a Democratic Majority in the house, when Sen. Jeff Klein went rogue and aligned himself with the Republicans in a leadership sharing arrangement that failed to deliver for the Governor this session.