[wetphoenix]

As a neutral Russian who never voted for Putin I assure that at least 4 in 5 people I know has voted for him so elections were fair.

[Corporate Democrat]

If elections were fair, how did Putin get 99.48% of the vote with 99.5% turnout in Chechnya in 2011?

That's impossible, unless Chechens really do love Putin after all.

[kabar]

Anecdotal information is worthless. The vote in 2012 was criticized by the Russian opposition and by international observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for procedural irregularities.

We do know that Putin has effectively run Russia since August 1999. Medvedev was just a puppet.