Post-Soviet Voting, and Dogging the Watchdogs - New York Times

Post-Soviet Voting, and Dogging the Watchdogs - New York Times: "Daniel Fried, an assistant secretary of state who overseas American diplomacy in the region, said efforts to blunt the European group's observation are creating 'a bizarre alternative universe,' which he expects to grow. 'We're going to see more of this parallel world, the alternative world, which is kind a mockery of the democratic world,' he said."