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Putin 'elected Russian president'
BBC ^ | 4 March 2012 Last updated at 16:37 ET | Staff

Posted on 03/04/2012 1:51:15 PM PST by Paleo Conservative

Vladimir Putin has declared victory in Russia's presidential elections, returning for a third term after spending the last four years as the country's PM. Exit polls and preliminary results gave him about 60% of the vote.

Mr Putin told supporters at a rally in central Moscow they had won in an open and honest battle.

But opposition groups have reported widespread fraud, with many people said to have voted more than once.

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"I promised you we would win, and we won," he said, with tears in his eyes. "Glory to Russia!"

"We have won in an open and honest battle.

"We proved that no-one can force anything on us."

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(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: glorytorussia; russia; ussr; vladimirputin
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I had to excerpt.
1 posted on 03/04/2012 1:51:18 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

Why did they even waste time on an election? The fanfare was probably nice. But the resentment, on both sides, could very well ... Don’t know.


2 posted on 03/04/2012 1:56:00 PM PST by allmost
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To: Paleo Conservative

Gosh! What a shocker!


3 posted on 03/04/2012 2:17:44 PM PST by Ronin (Sarah.... We really need you now!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

What kind of government does Russia have now, that it has both a prime minister and a president? Either one or the other will be a figurehead, or else there is going to be a tension over the “controlling legal authority” in the executive. I freely admit I do not grok Russian constitutions.


4 posted on 03/04/2012 2:20:38 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Many countries have a president and a Prime minister. Isreal comes to mind. I think Germany does as well.


5 posted on 03/04/2012 2:25:55 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I just don't like anything about the President. And I don't think he's a nice guy.)
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To: Ronin

We looked into pootie poot’s eyes and the abyss stared back.


6 posted on 03/04/2012 2:28:13 PM PST by GraceG
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To: Vermont Lt

Then there’s a Queen and a Prime Minister. Kinda like a VP.


7 posted on 03/04/2012 2:30:34 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Paleo Conservative

Almost all of the opposition against Putin was rigged too. Come on, Zyuganov was an opposition leader, as part of the Russian Communist Party? Give me a break. Zyuganov is part of the show there. Putin and Zyuganov are close friends.


8 posted on 03/04/2012 2:41:40 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Paleo Conservative; SF_Redux; lightman

What was Stalin’s quote?

“It’s not who votes that counts; it who counts the votes.”

Of course he got re-elected.


9 posted on 03/04/2012 2:43:47 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: allmost; Ronin; HiTech RedNeck; Vermont Lt; GraceG; Sacajaweau; Thunder90; carriage_hill; ...
B J Clinton is jealous.

Bill Clinton: Let presidents serve three terms
Politico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2804202/posts
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:54:43 AM by Sub-Driver

10 posted on 03/04/2012 2:47:19 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: HiTech RedNeck

[What kind of government does Russia have now, that it has both a prime minister and a president.]

An Oligarchic Kleptocracy, same as usual.


11 posted on 03/04/2012 2:59:03 PM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Was he elected, or ‘elected’?


12 posted on 03/04/2012 3:05:56 PM PST by Lexinom
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To: Paleo Conservative

Russia is so divided right now that im afraid that Putin would launch a war as a way to pull together unity and keep his strangle hold on that country.


13 posted on 03/04/2012 3:35:58 PM PST by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

In pseudo-Soviet Russia Putin elects himself.


14 posted on 03/04/2012 3:49:37 PM PST by VanDeKoik (If case you are wondering, I'm supporting Newt.)
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To: VanDeKoik

Wait for his endorsment of tovarisch Barry for a second term.


15 posted on 03/04/2012 5:30:55 PM PST by colonialhk (Put them in green jails doing green jobs)
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To: VanDeKoik

I’m waiting for Jimmy Carter to say this was a fair election.


16 posted on 03/04/2012 5:45:24 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Stalin Junior in again. Oh, wait, he never really left did he. A dictator he is.


17 posted on 03/04/2012 6:29:38 PM PST by RetiredArmy (POLITICIANS: Promise the moon. Deliver the shaft.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
do I really have to say it???

18 posted on 03/04/2012 6:54:11 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I had t throw up. This guy is a dictator, plain and simple.


19 posted on 03/04/2012 7:17:08 PM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: Vermont Lt; HiTech RedNeck

The Russians seem to have a ‘quasi-presidential’ model of government like the French where the president is the head of government and the prime minister operates under him and essentially has an administrative role. Sri Lanka and Pakistan have similar systems.

Israel and Germany have a parliamentary model where the president’s post is mostly ceremonial.


20 posted on 03/04/2012 7:31:04 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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