This election in Chechnya is a promising start. It is only a start, however. They have to work on making the process more honest and auditable. But, hey, this is just the first one in 20 years. I will give them a break, today. 8^D As for electoral fraud, there were massive amounts in Afghanistan, and Americans were supposedly in charge of it. Go figure.

Well is the elections in US were rigged and manipulated ..what do you expect from these one

@Daniel Impossible to have a democracy when the CIA, IS, MI6 Turkey, Saudi Arabia are supporting terrorism in the region with conspiracy to commit mass murder trained in chemical and biological weapons to try and use it as a conduit to destabilise the whole region for a colonial policy to grab Russia's Caspian oil and gas from Dagestan. Iraq and Afghanistan is not a democracy either. They should do what the previous western backed Chechen leadership did and there KLA mafia in Kosovo ethnically cleanse and massacre the entire non -Chechen and Serbian populations to ensure preferred election results. The last election monitored by the Arab league deemed them fair with the OSCE opting out to not monitor them citing security concerns not that it matters as it is a front for western intelligence personal who gave GPS coordinates to NATO to bomb Serbs in 99 under the cover of a mandated fact finding mission.

Chechnya should be an example and an inspiration to the world riddled with conflict what can be done when leadership puts their people's interests above all other interests. There is much to be learned. Violence only brings more violence, and for much too long a time, the proponents of violence were rewarded by getting the attention, funding and arms. The violent leadership was often glamorized, and given political asylum as a reward for plunging their people into the vortex of violence. The current President's father was a visionary, and lost his life for it. His son has fullfulled his dream. Chechya's balanced approach to reintegrating disaffected populace, and offering them a hope for better future, is nothing short of remarkable. It is powerfull story of transformation and hope. It is good to see young people getting involved in politics, and having a chance to built upon what has been already accomplished. My best wishes to Chechnya in on its journey to a peacefull and prosperous future.

These elections are a joke, there's no way that "99%" of the respondents will vote and the vote will probably be grossly rigged by Ramzan Kadyrov. Chechnya isn't a democracy and Kadyrov is a tyrant who is intolerant to dissent and criticism