The Post-Election Propaganda
A big scandal has sparkled in the West in the wake of evaluation of State Duma elections in Russia. U.S. President George Bush expressed his sincere concern to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Washington and EU called for immediate probe into the violation. Even traditional partners didn’t back up Moscow that time.
U.S. President George W. Bush told reporters in the White House that he expressed to Vladimir Putin the sincere concern in respect of the outcome of the parliamentary elections in Russia. Bush made clear his position in time of the yesterday’s phone conversation with Putin. Of interest is that press-service of Russia’s president refuted that statement of Bush.
The U.S. Department of State is particularly agitated about the heavy use of government resource in favor of Untied Russia, one-sided press coverage in the campaign, intimidation of the opposition and unequal opportunities granted to the opposition and the ruling party. Europe’s organizations are equally alarmed.
Britain, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have urged Russia’s leadership to initiate the probe in the vote-rigging and fraud reported by international observers and the opposition.
Even Russia’s closest allies in Europe, France and Germany, lashed out at the Kremlin, signaling the epoch of conditional division of Europe’s policymakers into pro-Russia’s and anti-Russia’s groups has finally ended. Nowadays, even the most reliable partners of Moscow are unable to voice their support in open, as, by doing so, they risk to lose the trust of electors in their own countries.
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