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Make-Believe Election Time In Russia
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan describes the Soviet quadrennial election as a show election with no real choice for voters. The Communist Party dominates, nominees are preselected, and officials praise ballot secrecy while pressuring turnout.
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Russia
William L. Ryan
Supreme Soviet
Bolsheviks
Ussr
Kremlin
Ivan Ivanov
Ivan
Pravea
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow