Medvedev Rebukes United Russia Party

President Dmitry Medvedev criticized leaders of Russia's ruling political party, United Russia on November 21, for failing to win elections fairly. In front of the party at the annual congress in St Petersburg, Medvedev highlighted that some regions had failed to provide an open election process for voters and following the speech, Prime Minister Putin, chairman of the United Russia party, further warned against party officials using the party for their own benefit. This comes after Russia's recent regional elections received significant criticism from independent election observers claiming widespread fraud had taken place by United Russia. Nonetheless, going forward, we

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