Vladimir Putin‘s “magician”, Vladimir Churov, died on Wednesday on the age of 70 of a extreme coronary heart assault. This was reported by the Russian state news company Tass. Churov was the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission from 2007 to 2016 and is alleged to have helped Putin win a number of occasions.
“It is indeed sad news,” State Duma deputy Leonid Ivlev informed the company. “[He died] after an operation in a hospital at 8 a.m. this morning.” The former Russian election chief lately deliberate to jot down a e book about US interference in international elections.
From the mid-2000s, Putin’s “magicians” made a reputation for themselves far past Russia’s borders. Over the years, he has been accused of large election fraud, in opposition to which tens of 1000’s of Russians took to the streets and unsuccessfully referred to as for Churov’s resignation. The election officer rose to grow to be an object of hatred and satire throughout the nation.
At demonstrations, posters by his critics confirmed him disguised as a magician – an allusion to a quote from Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev, who was President of Russia from 2008 to 2012. “You are almost like a magician,” Die Welt quoted a press release made by Medvedev to Churov in 2012 when Putin changed him. Churov had beforehand made a surprisingly correct forecast of the election outcomes.
At that point, the previous election officer solely admitted that there had been a number of small violations of the relevant electoral legislation that might not have considerably influenced the consequence. “Such honest and open elections do not exist in other countries,” he was quoted as saying by the “Welt” on the time. In the identical yr, Churov was awarded the Alexander Nevsky Order for his providers.
Source: www.nationalturk.com
