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How the Kremlin is relying on patriotic tech geeks to kickstart e-voting

Head of voting commission Ilya Massukh. © digital.gov.ru

Consultants specialising in IT and lobbying, and who started out as a small political party, have begun to promote electronic voting for the upcoming Duma elections. [...] (639 words)

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