Russia has a new “old” President – Vladimir Putin.
The BBC reports, Preliminary results showed that Mr Putin, who is currently prime minister, won more than 63% of votes. There have been widespread claims of fraud and the Organization for Security and Co-operation said, the result was “never in doubt”. Earlier Golos, a leading Russian independent election watchdog, said it had received more than 3,000 reports of voting fraud. Opposition groups have called for mass protests against Mr Putin’s win. Alexei Navalny, a popular protest leader, told Reuters he had received reports of violations all day and that the carousels were “complete impudence”. Mr Navalny told the Associated Press the government had “falsified the election” to avoid the vote going to a second round, believing that would “show weakness”.
To quote, Genadiy Gudkov, Congressman in the Russian Duma from “A Just Russia” party, stated, that whatever happens in the country right now, is written in the constitution in 1993. Russia is an unlimited nomenclatural monarchy, dominated by officials and the king, the president has no constraining structures. The legislature mechanisms do not work, the parliament is humiliated – it is deprived of any control over the executive power, the right of investigation and the right to form a government. This incompetent and unpopular parliament in the is registered in our Constitution.” “The problem was not how the vote was held, and in fact, what were the rules of the game from the start. Putin himself has picked his opponents, set the rules of the game, and then determined what were the results of their beat, said Nikolai Petrov of the Carnegie Center.”
Once again according to the BBC, Putin will return to the presidency in May, replacing his close ally Dmitry Medvedev – and remain in post until 2018, when he could then run for another six-year term. Protest leaders have called for tens of thousands to take to the streets over the result. But the authorities have limited the number legally allowed to attend the rallies and there is tight security around Moscow, with 6,000 extra police brought in from outside.
Russia has a new “old” President – Vladimir Putin.
The BBC reports, Preliminary results showed that Mr Putin, who is currently prime minister, won more than 63% of votes. There have been widespread claims of fraud and the Organization for Security and Co-operation said, the result was “never in doubt”. Earlier Golos, a leading Russian independent election watchdog, said it had received more than 3,000 reports of voting fraud. Opposition groups have called for mass protests against Mr Putin’s win. Alexei Navalny, a popular protest leader, told Reuters he had received reports of violations all day and that the carousels were “complete impudence”. Mr Navalny told the Associated Press the government had “falsified the election” to avoid the vote going to a second round, believing that would “show weakness”.
To quote, Genadiy Gudkov, Congressman in the Russian Duma from “A Just Russia” party, stated, that whatever happens in the country right now, is written in the constitution in 1993. Russia is an unlimited nomenclatural monarchy, dominated by officials and the king, the president has no constraining structures. The legislature mechanisms do not work, the parliament is humiliated – it is deprived of any control over the executive power, the right of investigation and the right to form a government. This incompetent and unpopular parliament in the is registered in our Constitution.” “The problem was not how the vote was held, and in fact, what were the rules of the game from the start. Putin himself has picked his opponents, set the rules of the game, and then determined what were the results of their beat, said Nikolai Petrov of the Carnegie Center.”
Once again according to the BBC, Putin will return to the presidency in May, replacing his close ally Dmitry Medvedev – and remain in post until 2018, when he could then run for another six-year term. Protest leaders have called for tens of thousands to take to the streets over the result. But the authorities have limited the number legally allowed to attend the rallies and there is tight security around Moscow, with 6,000 extra police brought in from outside.