Russian local election officials fired over vote irregularities

Russian election chiefs have fired seven polling station officials from a region where Reuters reporters found evidence of irregularities during a parliamentary election in September. The seven local officials, from the Bashkortostan region in the foothills of the Ural mountains, were removed "for violations of various election legislation norms", the regional election commission said in a statement. Election chiefs in Moscow said they had no plans to overturn the election results in the affecte