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"According to analysts, it was inevitable that there would be claims of fraud in the Duma elections last December, as was also alleged in the repeated mass demonstrations. In making this statement, I hope that this gives cause to reflect on the popular demonstrations, considering them as a positive sign of progress in democracy in Russia.
According to the daily newspaper
on election day, several opposition groups demonstrated against the elections in the centre of Moscow, claiming they were irregular and rigged. The police arrested around thirty activists on Red Square, whilst a further hundred people were detained in Triumfalnaya Square.
Seeing how many people have taken an interest in free and fair elections by making their voice heard on the streets, we can understand how Russian society is modernising and becoming more democratic. These signals are ultimately exactly what we have always wanted to see, and we must therefore encourage these developments in the interest of the Russian Federation and Europe."@en1
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