Recent surveys showed fewer than 30 percent planned to vote for the ruling United Russia Party Photo: AFP / Alexander NEMENOV Predictions by state-run pollsters had suggested United Russia winning only around 30 percent. "I would like to address special words of gratitude to the citizens of Russia (and) thank you for your trust, dear friends," Putin said during the meeting.
Navalny was detained in January and has seen his allies arrested or flee the country and his organisations banned.With nearly all votes counted by Monday afternoon, United Russia was ahead with 49.8 percent of the vote followed by the Communist Party with 18.9 percent.Ĭomposition of the Russian legislative assembly, the Duma, before elections on September 17 and 19 Photo: AFP / Kenan AUGEARDĮlection chief Ella Pamfilova said final turnout was 51 percent, telling Putin in a televised meeting that this was higher than in previous elections and there had been fewer complaints of vote violations than ever before. The Kremlin welcomed the removal of the app, saying the tech giants had conformed with “the letter and spirit” of Russian law. This is encouragement of a hostage-taking terrorist.” Responding to that comment, Navalny said in his social media posts: “If so, then keeping silent about it is the worst crime. Google decided to remove the app after being told its local staff could otherwise face jail time, one person familiar with the situation said last week, declining to be named. The election commission said the vote was clean and the Kremlin called it an honest vote. United Russia received 49.8 percent of the vote for the 225 seats apportioned by parties and won 198 out of 225 seats for lawmakers who are chosen directly by voters. ‘Worst crime’Įlection results on Monday for the State Duma lower house of parliament handed a win to United Russia amid accusations of mass fraud from backers of Navalny and other parties. Russia-born Durov had said he was following Apple and Google, which “dictate the rules of the game to developers like us”. The Smart Voting bot also disappeared from the app during the election. Navalny also said he was “terribly upset and disappointed” with Pavel Durov, founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app. (1/14) If something surprised me in the latest elections, it was not how Putin forged the results, but how obediently the almighty Big Tech turned into his accomplices. I urge them not to put up with the cowardice of their bosses,” he said. “I know that most of those who work at Google, Apple, etc. My beloved YouTube has deleted our video, and the Telegram messenger has blocked our bot,” Navalny said in a post relayed through his lawyers.
“The giants Apple and Google have complied with the Kremlin’s demands and removed our app from their stores. Navalny, who is in prison, has added his criticism, according to comments carried by his social media accounts on Thursday. Devised by allies of Navalny, the app gave people detailed recommendations on who to vote for in an effort to thwart the ruling, pro-Kremlin United Russia party. Navalny’s supporters earlier accused the United States-based tech giants of caving in to Kremlin pressure by removing the anti-government tactical voting app from their stores at the start of three days of parliamentary voting, which ended on Sunday. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has accused Google and Apple of showing “cowardice” and acting as accomplices of Russian President Vladimir Putin by removing a voting app before a parliamentary election last week, according to messages posted on the social media accounts.
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