Vlad must be losing his touch. What happened to vote and vote for the party if you want to eat?
Something tells me it will not matter - Puttin will win
If Putin’s party lost, then which party won today.
I have read a couple of news reports and none seem to mention who the winners are.
Did the hard-core Commies win?
“...any local official quickly acquires houses, flats and cars,” she told The Daily Telegraph.”
Just like the good ol’ days, eh Pootie?
Except now of course, they probably get a Mercedes-Benz and a condo instead of a Zil and a dacha by the Black Sea.
Russia has a proportional representation election system so Putin will end up leading a minority or coalition government until presidential elections next March. The voters are not happy with the “party of power’s” record and all the polls to date reflected it. Whether United Russia’s leaders draw the appropriate lessons remains to be seen.
Hey!Maybe there’s hope that the majority of the Russian People do NOT want to see a return to communism under Putin or anybody else.