Russian voters dealt Vladimir Putin's ruling party a heavy blow by cutting its parliamentary majority in an election that showed growing unease with Putin's domination of the country as he prepares to reclaim the Presidency. The result marked the biggest electoral setback for Putin since he first emerged to national leadership in 1999. Putin's United Russia won about 50 percent of the vote, compared with more than 64 percent four years ago. Opposition parties say even that result is inflated by fraud. Numerous violations have been reported, including massive ballot throw-ins. Meanwhile, all major Russian independent media web sites were disabled during the whole election day because of a massive DDoS attack.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/us-russia-election-idUSTRE7B019B20111205
http://youtu.be/tvOTFKqXq-E (video, AFP)
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/12/05/voiceofelections/ (violations)
http://youtu.be/S8__1rCKHjo (video, ballot throw-in)
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/12/04/backtolife/ (DDoS attack)
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