MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - State Duma elections in the early 1990s were fairer than the election campaign of December 2011, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov told reporters.

"The first election campaigns were fairer due to the Soviet character and morals. All the dirty techniques were designed here, in Moscow, while regional election campaigns were fairer," he said.

Zyuganov said he was indignant at the publication of compromising materials about him.

"The Ne Dai Bog (God Forbid) newspaper aimed against me was published in Finland in the 1990s, they did not dare to publish it here. Nine newspapers of the sort were published in Samara alone in the December election campaign. Russia had never witnessed such a dirty and disguising campaign before. Our election observers had never before been dragged out of polling stations by their legs with the police connivance," he said.

Zyuganov said that his campaign representatives distributing Communist Party newspapers were attacked in Rostov on Wednesday.

"Our group distributing newspapers was beaten in Rostov yesterday. They attacked Bessonov and my observers. They were put into a cage at the police station and kept there until I asked the interior minister to stop that outrage. We also offered to send special commissions to the Rostov region and Dagestan," he said.

Keywords: Russia, Government, Politics - Russia News - Russia

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - State Duma elections in the early 1990s were fairer than the election campaign of December 2011, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov told reporters.

"The first election campaigns were fairer due to the Soviet character and morals. All the dirty techniques were designed here, in Moscow, while regional election campaigns were fairer," he said.

Zyuganov said he was indignant at the publication of compromising materials about him.

"The Ne Dai Bog (God Forbid) newspaper aimed against me was published in Finland in the 1990s, they did not dare to publish it here. Nine newspapers of the sort were published in Samara alone in the December election campaign. Russia had never witnessed such a dirty and disguising campaign before. Our election observers had never before been dragged out of polling stations by their legs with the police connivance," he said.

Zyuganov said that his campaign representatives distributing Communist Party newspapers were attacked in Rostov on Wednesday.

"Our group distributing newspapers was beaten in Rostov yesterday. They attacked Bessonov and my observers. They were put into a cage at the police station and kept there until I asked the interior minister to stop that outrage. We also offered to send special commissions to the Rostov region and Dagestan," he said.