Just a crosscheck, not a recount: Public monitors in Moscow vow to revisit the city’s controversial online ballots

Moscow's Election Monitoring Public Committee has instructed its technical team to recount the city's electronic votes in last weekend's parliamentary elections, the group's deputy chairman, Ekho Moskvy radio station editor-in-chief Alexey Venediktov, announced on Wednesday. The decision apparently acknowledges complaints about irregularities in the capital's online voting, though the recount will have no legal force. "It's just a crosscheck," Venediktov explained. Meduza breaks down what this means exactly. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/22/just-a-crosscheck-not-a-recount