His only “mass” meeting in Moscow drew no more than 5,000 people. The main questions are how authoritarian he will become, or whether this pathetic campaign will weaken him.
结果，新的国家杜马与其说是选举的，倒不如说是指定的。它缺乏合法性，而议员们则不为人知。但是普京的合法性则由于大规模的欺诈行为而受到玷污。他唯一的在莫斯科的“群众”集会吸引了不到五千人。主要问题是他将会在多大程度上极权，或者，这一悲哀的竞选是否会削弱普京。