Länk - FOI-rapport om valet i Ryssland

Om man detaljanalyserar Dumavalet i december 2007 visar det sig tydligt att valet var styrt. Till exempel förekommer regioner och valkretsar med absurt högt valdeltagande och med ett närmast hundra-procentigt stöd för Putin. – Det vore naivt att tro att inte presidentvalet kommer att styras på samma sätt, avslutar Carl Holmberg. Läs rapporten: http://www2.foi.se/rapp/foir2474.pdf

Ur rapporten:

The overwhelming political dominance of United Russia can be explained by the
fact that political parties have never served as the real power bases in Russian
post-Soviet politics. They are used to mobilise support and legitimise the current
system instead and in the last few years most efforts have been spent on getting
United Russia to perform this function. The party is best characterised as a huge
corporation of various national and regional political and economic interests.
Conflict between these groups mostly takes place behind the political scene and
within the political parties and the bureaucratic system. A power struggle could
therefore very well provoke a major crisis within or between political parties, but
this would not be a reflection of different political opinions among the

Läs rapporten: http://www2.foi.se/rapp/foir2474.pdf
Pressmeddelande: Pressrum - FOI, Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut