2025-08-09 –, Andromeda
Language: English
Enter the fascinating world of corruption, chicanery, low-tech fraud, and forensic tools that uncover it. The story is told through the eyes of a Russian election official who has participated in campaigns of all levels in the past 4 years and fought for justice (mostly unsuccessfully). Watch a demo how to tamper with a security bag and learn how to use statistics to detect ballot stuffing [1]. See the obstacles faced by Russians wanting a change. See how the government “wins” the elections.
[1] A. Podlazov and V. Makarov, Dual approach to proving electoral fraud via statistics and forensics, https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04535
Vadim Makarov is a professor in quantum physics AND an election official in Russia.
On the quantum side, he heads quantum hacking labs at Vigo quantum communication center at the University of Vigo in Spain and at the Russian quantum center in Moscow, see http://www.vad1.com/lab/
On the classical side, he chases vote-riggers and hacks security bags.