jb6 writes "Typical Lie. The other parties have and equal chance"
(From article) "If introduced, the changes, proposed by President Vladimir Putin, would ban political parties merging into blocs to stand in elections..."
Maybe I'm missing something, but it certainly sounds like Putin is trying to ban third parties to me.
No he's banning parties unifying into blocks so that when you vote say democrat the socialists and greens also get your vote automatically. We have the exact same system.