{"id":279697,"date":"2020-11-09T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=279697"},"modified":"2020-11-09T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:44:00","slug":"russia-says-putin-awaiting-official-us-result-to-congratulate-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=279697","title":{"rendered":"Russia says Putin awaiting official US result to congratulate winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia\u2019s President, Vladimir Putin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russian President, Vladimir Putin awaiting official result to congratulate United States Presidential election winner according to a statement from Kremlin.<\/p>\n

However, Russia\u2019s elections chief said Monday that voting by mail in the US presidential election had paved the way for massive voter fraud, echoing rhetoric from the campaign of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Ella Pamfilova, the head of Russia\u2019s elections commission, said she had carefully studied mail-in voting in the United States and found the process vulnerable to fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, the conclusion is clear: this anachronism in its American form leaves massive scope for possible falsifications,\u201d Pamfilova told the state-run TASS news agency.<\/p>\n

She cited the possibility of repeat voting, the unexplained loss of \u201cunwanted\u201d ballots, voting among people listed as deceased and a \u201clack of systemic control over the whole voting process\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trump has refused to concede defeat to US President-elect Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

Trump, in particular, focused his criticism on mail-in ballots which surged this year and tilted heavily to Democrats.<\/p>\n

Russia was accused of interfering in the 2016 US election to help get Trump elected, in the hope he would take a softer line with Moscow.<\/p>\n

Biden is expected to take a tougher stand and during the campaign slammed Trump for having \u201cembraced so many autocrats around the world, starting with (Russian President) Vladimir Putin\u201d.<\/p>\n

Putin is one of the few leaders who has not yet congratulated Biden.<\/p>\n

[AFP]<\/p>\n

Vanguard News Nigeria.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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