Gubernatorial candidate Andrei Ischenko, representing Russian Communist Party, meets with supporters during a rally following the election for governor of Primorsky Region in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Hundreds of Russian Communist Party supporters took to the central square of Vladivostok on Monday to protest against what they said was the rigging of a regional election in favour of a politician backed by President Vladimir Putin.
With 95 percent of votes counted on Sunday night, Kremlin-backed United Russia incumbent Andrei Tarasenko was trailing his Communist rival by around 5 percent. But on Monday, the local election commission said Tarasenko had won by just over 1 percent, an unlikely turnaround that the Communists said was evidence of rigging.
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