Serguei Kovalev Serguei Kovalev is a Russian human rights activist and politician and a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner. He is the president of the Human Rights Institute (Moscow).

Open letter to: Vladimir Putin, President of Russian Federation

Vladimir Churov, Chairman of Central Election Commission of Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation

Gentlemen, I have no doubt that you are well aware that the free expression of the will of free citizens via free democratic elections can never result in 99.4% of the votes being cast for one party with a turnout of 99.5% of the voters.

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