How Did Russian Presidential Candidate Putin Get A 99% Vote In Support Of His Political Party In Chechnya

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) talks with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov after arriving in the Chechen town of Gudermes December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Pool

Analysis: Chechnya: How Did Putin's Party Win 99 Percent? -- Yahoo News/Reuters

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Dagmein Khaseinova beams with pride recalling the day her Chechen village, devastated a decade ago in a war launched by Vladimir Putin, gave the Russian ruler's party nearly 100 percent support in a parliamentary vote this month.

Her little village of Mekhketi, she said, is even on the way to winning the cash prize she says authorities have promised for the polling station registering the biggest turnout.

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My Comment: They had to stuff the ballots as much as they could. They had to have a 99% vote for Putin .... they could not even be satisfied with a 70%, or 80%, or even 90% vote. Such as the sad and pathetic state of Russian politics today.