In an unsurprising result, Putin has won Russia's presidential elections. Despite his majority of around 60%, the result is completely tainted by accusations of bullying and intimidation by his party as well as election fraud. People have been videoed putting multiple voting forms into ballot boxes and committing other such fraudulent acts.
The man who brought democracy to Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev, has criticised the elections and said that they are not fair. I don't deny though, that Putin has an awful lot of support in Russia but that power has been waning in recent years and it looks set to continue to fall from years to come. If the Russian people can rise up against Putin and demand freer and fairer elections then hopefully Russia will reform and the Russians can have real democracy for the first time in the history of their country.
Putin knows that support is falling, thousands of troops have been rushed into the centre of the city to try and disperse any riots or protests, just like what happened after the parliamentary elections in December. Russia is awakening and history shows, that leaders who refuse to reform get overthrown.
The man who brought democracy to Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev, has criticised the elections and said that they are not fair. I don't deny though, that Putin has an awful lot of support in Russia but that power has been waning in recent years and it looks set to continue to fall from years to come. If the Russian people can rise up against Putin and demand freer and fairer elections then hopefully Russia will reform and the Russians can have real democracy for the first time in the history of their country.
Putin knows that support is falling, thousands of troops have been rushed into the centre of the city to try and disperse any riots or protests, just like what happened after the parliamentary elections in December. Russia is awakening and history shows, that leaders who refuse to reform get overthrown.
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