PUTIN EFFORTING TO UNDERMINE ELECTION OVERSIGHT

GEE, I WONDER WHY!?

NYTIMES:

Russia has opened a diplomatic campaign to curtail the activities of election observers in the states of the former Soviet Union, proposing to cut the size of the missions sharply and to prohibit the publication of their reports immediately after an election. ...

the proposals would severely undermine the activities of the organization’s election-monitoring arm, before two important elections in Russia: the parliamentary election planned for Dec. 2 and presidential elections next spring.

THIS IS SIMPLY MORE PROOF THAT PUTIN IS TYRANNICAL AND PUTIN'S RUSSIA A FOE.

WE SHOULD DO BE DOING MORE TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA.