Satire from Ted Block
AROUND THE BLOCK
News
with a Twist
Russia election: Putin
cruises to re-election with 75% of vote
Claims US interference
kept him from getting his customary 99%
Vladimir Putin cruised to victory Sunday for another six-year
presidential term after an election that was long on spectacle and short on
suspense.
With about two thirds of the ballots counted, more than 75 percent were
for Putin, according to the Central Election Commission. The runner up was
Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin with 12.7 percent.
But Putin was not satisfied, lashing out at the US for
interfering with the vote in a post-election statement.
“We have documented proof that bad actors in the US, funded by
Hillary Clinton, hacked into our emails, manipulated millions of Vkontakte
personal accounts (note: Vkontakte is Russia’s Facebook), and breeched
many thousands of our voting machines. This American meddling clearly impacted
the results, depressing my vote. We demand the US find and prosecute these meddlers to the
fullest extent of the law.”
US president Donald Trump responded immediately to the events in
Russia and Putin’s demand tweeting, "Crooked Hillary does it again. Collusion with anti-Putin forces in Russia bad, very bad. Zero tolerance for any US meddling in Russian elections. Have directed AG Sessions to appoint special counsel to investigate. #LOCK HER UP!"
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