No. Transparency in elections won't fix a system where there is no clear opposition, and where attempts to create one are met with state-sanctioned violence. E

No. Transparency in elections won't fix a system where there is no clear opposition, and where attempts to create one are met with state-sanctioned violence. Examples: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexei-navalny-russia-vladimir-putin-critic-opposition-moscow-nizhny-novgorod-a7973206.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexei-navaln... and https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/21/world/crime-legal-world/russian-police-arrest-pussy-riot-member-happy-birthday-executioners-protest-fsb/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/21/world/crime-leg... Semi-related: http://www.dw.com/en/washington-to-honor-slain-russian-politician-boris-nemtsov/a-41685646 http://www.dw.com/en/washington-to-honor-slain-russian-polit...