CALL TO ‘VOTE COMMUNIST’
ALLIES of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged Russians yesterday to vote for the Communist Party at a parliamentary election this week, part of a tactical voting campaign to hurt the ruling United Russia party. Navalny’s campaign is designed to consolidate the votes of those who oppose United Russia, which holds three-quarters of the seats in the lower house of parliament and dominates political life. The initiative is one of the few levers left for Navalny, who is in prison for alleged parole violations. |