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Moment, seen as an opportunity for putin to cement his grip on power or maybe not. supporters of his chief critic, jailed opposition leader alexei navalny have a plan. it is called smart voting. it is a tactical voting app that organizers users around candidates most likely to defeat those who are pro-kremlin across each of russia's 225 electoral districts, whether the voter agrees with that person's policies per se or not. that way putin's cronies run up against a surge of votes for their chief competitors, whoever they are. regardless of party. optimally the strategy would result in a purge ...

Attacks and isis. >> the president talked about the wildcard in this situation which often is russia and if president putin will become more involved with the coalition in fighting isis terrorists, instead of focus primarily on supporting assad. from the president's words overnight it doesn't seem he has made that case to sway putin. >> absolutely right. it sounds like the united states and russia are not yet on the same page. the president was still sort of applying pressure on putin, but not indicating that the two countries had found a way to work together. obviously, it's bashar al assad i...