Miracle or not, Putin on course to win in Russia

[Sharu]

Rath said:

Sharu said:
Putin won, this is a fact. He is very well supported here in Russia by people. Its funny, but it was one area, where another guy taken twice as much votes as Putin... It was in London... They wanted Mr Prokhorov, Russian oligarch...

And speaking of democracy and cheating - you know that during this years president elections 95% of places for voting was eqipped with web-cameras with online translating? Did you see something like this on European or American elections?

While I agree that this vote probably broadly represents voters wills in Russia (even if there was a bit of fraud here and there) electoral fraud is not a huge problem in the established democracies and as such the web cameras aren't really needed here.

The more concerning thing in terms of democracy in Russia for me is the control the Kremlin has over the media.

 

Also you must admit that Putin (while still popular) is not as popular as he was a few years ago?

Well, I'd say so... Speaking of December 2011 - yes that time support for Putin was not the best he had... And it was protests, and you know - people always want changes to better. :)

 BUT, then our opposition show themselves as TOTAL JERKS, and a lot of people who wasn't sure turned to Putin again - and now his support is on some of highest levels he ever had (this is mostly my personal feelings from inside of Russia).