My Way News - Gorbachev: Russian elections mockery of voters
My Way News reports: "Gorbachev said the Oct. 11 vote had discredited Russia's political system, according to Novaya Gazeta newspaper. [...] The United Russia party, led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, swept the Oct. 11 ballot by winning more than 7,000 local elections in 75 of Russia's 83 regions. United Russia is a power base for Putin, who has not ruled out a return to the presidency in 2012."