Clinton wants Russian polls - probe

Germany: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the United States has serious concerns about Russia's parliamentary elections and called for allegations of fraud and vote-rigging to be investigated.

"We do have serious concerns about the conduct of the elections," Clinton told a press conference, citing a preliminary report by the OSCE about alleged attempts to stuff ballot boxes and manipulate voter lists.

"We are also concerned by reports that independent Russian election observers were harassed and had cyber attacks on their websites," she said.

"Russian voters deserve a full investigation of all credible reports of electoral fraud and manipulation," the chief US diplomat told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Afghanistan in Bonn.

"We hope in particular that the Russian authorities will take action on recommendations that come forward from observer missions like the OSCE in its final report and (from) their own electoral observers. AFP