Comments on: The Storm Before the Calm http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/ Russia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Russia: More on the Duma Election http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/comment-page-1/#comment-27083 Global Voices Online » Russia: More on the Duma Election Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:57:33 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/#comment-27083 [...] Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog wrote this on the eve of the election: […] If voter turnout does surprise Russia watchers and ends up [...] [...] Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog wrote this on the eve of the election: […] If voter turnout does surprise Russia watchers and ends up [...]

]]> By: Tim Newman http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/comment-page-1/#comment-27048 Tim Newman Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:51:48 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/#comment-27048 Election fever in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk consisted of a few individuals - who less like political activists and more as pretty girls paid to distribute flyers - standing about in United Russia bibs. I haven't heard of a single person mention the election, never mind vote in it. The Russian in my household missed doing her civic duty by spending the entire day in bed sleeping off a mountain of alcohol from the night before. I suspect most Sakhalin Islanders were doing the same. I guess remoteness from Moscow doesn't help. Election fever in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk consisted of a few individuals – who less like political activists and more as pretty girls paid to distribute flyers – standing about in United Russia bibs. I haven’t heard of a single person mention the election, never mind vote in it. The Russian in my household missed doing her civic duty by spending the entire day in bed sleeping off a mountain of alcohol from the night before. I suspect most Sakhalin Islanders were doing the same. I guess remoteness from Moscow doesn’t help.

]]> By: Potyomkina http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/comment-page-1/#comment-27042 Potyomkina Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:47:35 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/11/30/the-storms-before-the-calm/#comment-27042 Brilliant posting! A random thought that visits my brain, is the fact that too many of the stories of violations, mobile phone operators sending Sms, prisoners and the insane voting...sounds like the Ukrainian elections in '99. Then, even the GAI would stop and fine based on whether people said they would vote for Kuchma or not. So is this also a reflection of slow evolution of a sort? Towards what yet not clear. Brilliant posting!

A random thought that visits my brain, is the fact that too many of the stories of violations, mobile phone operators sending Sms, prisoners and the insane voting…sounds like the Ukrainian elections in ‘99. Then, even the GAI would stop and fine based on whether people said they would vote for Kuchma or not. So is this also a reflection of slow evolution of a sort? Towards what yet not clear.

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