[calenel]

"the election results need overturning since the fraud was outrageous"

I had also heard that the election was massively fraudulent. But I thought that the "winner" was the guy backed by the Russians. Why would they be intervening to overturn the election when their guy "won"? Something is wrong here. There is a missing piece.

[Dog Gone]

Not really. If the population is about to go ballistic, they are there to protect their guy in the allegedly fraudulent victory.

[ModelBreaker]

Why would they be intervening to overturn the election when their guy "won"? Something is wrong here. There is a missing piece.

This wording was my mistake. I should have said the Russians are apparently intervening to preserve an apparently fraudulent election result by the controlling party.

[johnb838]

Sounds like the Russkies are watching the administration to make sure they leave office on schedule. This is interesting. If the Russians send a couple of tank divisions into Ukraine it will be quite a bit more interesting.

[JasonC]

No, the claim is that they have sent troops to protect the existing prez, to support his re-election. There is no question Russia supports the incumbent. The challenger is a free market type, pro western, pro US. The dominant issue is whether to stick close to Putin or reach out to the west and the US, even if it means moving away from Putin. The official results are the incumbent won by 3%. By there are widespread reports of fraud, and e.g. turnout claimed in the eastern Ukraine at 96%. Quite hard to say what the real result is.