Gubernatorial candidate begins hunger strike in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” A communist candidate in Russia’s Far East said on Monday he is starting a hunger strike over alleged irregularities in a gubernatorial race.With 95 percent of the ballots counted, Andrei Ishchenko of the Communist Party had a five percent lead over the candidate from a pro-Kremlin party in Sunday’s runoff vote for governor of the Primorye region. But election officials reported a few hours later that the Kremlin party’s candidate had taken an unexpected lead in the […]
