The World is Talking. Global Politics

Elections approach both in Russia and Ukraine, and politicians start “fiddling” with the numbers of registered voters' - or accusing their opponents of doing so. Window on Eurasia reports that “members of the entourage of Kaliningrad Governor Georgiy Boos are thinking about combining his district with the Adygei Republic or with Russian citizens resident abroad.” In Ukraine, Foreign Notes reports, various forces keep finding “pseudo-persons” on the voters' lists.