Russians cast votes Sunday in parliamentary elections that were plagued by claims of campaign fraud and intimidation of observers
Russia Holds Elections Amid Complaints of Fraud
Russian police officer stand guard to prevent pro-democracy protesters from entering a square, as the Bolshoi theater is seen in the background, Moscow, December 4, 2011. (AP)
Russian opposition members protest at the Manezhnaya square just outside the Kremlin, Moscow, December 4, 2011. (AP)
People leave voting booths at a polling station in the town of Roslavl, 390 kilometers (243 miles) west of Moscow, Russia, December 4, 2011. (AP)
Leaders of Russian opposition party Parnas Mikhail Kasyanov, left, Vladimir Ryzhkov, center, and Boris Nemtsov, right, are seen after the voting at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Moscow, December 4, 2011. (AP)
A woman reads a ballot during parliamentary election in the western Russian village of Klukino, some 470 km (294 miles) from Moscow, December 4, 2011. (Reuters)
Electoral commission staff empty a ballot box after voting closed at a polling station in the village of Ust-Mana some 30 km (19 miles) from Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 4, 2011. (Reuters)
Russia's parliamentary voting took place Sunday under tight controls as police temporarily detained several journalists in Moscow and hackers knocked off line the website of Golos, the long independent monitoring group, December 4, 2011. (Y. Weeks)