No votes for United Russia from submariners
According to a note on the Russian Internet community ”Union of Navy Sailors”, in an early voting to the Duma elections, none of the crew members of two Northern Fleet submarines voted for United Russia.
A minister was immediately sent to the Northern Fleet “to agitate”, the note reads. All personnel who were not on duty were assembled at 7 pm, but the minister only arrived at 11 pm and kept campaigning to 1 am. – Can you imagine the effect of the agitation, the contributor asks rhetorically.
The two submarines were on their way out on missions and the crew would not have the opportunity to take part in the elections on December 4.
The Communist Party has traditionally had a relatively strong position in the Russian Navy, at the same time as many people in the Northern Fleet remember Vladimir Putins actions (or lack of actions) after the tragedy with the Kursk submarine.
