"MOSCOW —
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered a probe into reports of vote-fixing after the ruling party’s disputed victory sparked the largest protest rallies since the 1990s.
However, he flatly rejected the idea of staging fresh elections.
Medvedev said he had told election officials to take a closer look at reports of rampant ballot-stuffing and other allegations that officials had fixed the vote count in an election the previous weekend."
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered a probe into reports of vote-fixing after the ruling party’s disputed victory sparked the largest protest rallies since the 1990s.
However, he flatly rejected the idea of staging fresh elections.
Medvedev said he had told election officials to take a closer look at reports of rampant ballot-stuffing and other allegations that officials had fixed the vote count in an election the previous weekend."
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