Looks like Putin is making sure nothing is going to go wrong. I'd have thought simply rigging an election in Russia can't be that hard.

In a statement, Mr Kasyanov said: "There is no doubt that the decision not to register my candidacy was taken personally by Vladimir Putin."

"The country has finally gone on the slippery slope to totalitarianism."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7211622.stm