In fact, since that incident, Putin has attended just one event – the Congress of United Russia – where 600 delegates voted unanimously for his nomination as the party’s presidential candidate in 2012. But the parliamentary elections held on December 4, which gave barely 50% to United Russia (Putin used to be able to guarantee about 70%), had to be fiercely controlled, with an overwhelming police presence.
实际上，自那个插曲发生以来，普京只参加过一次大型活动——统一俄罗斯党的国会——在这里，600名代表一致提名他为该党的2012年总统候选人。但是在12月4日举行的议会选举中，统一俄罗斯党勉强得到了50%的选票（普京曾经能够保证得到约70%的选票）。这次议会选举还受到了严格控制，周边部署了大量警力。观察人员受到了迫害，监测网站被政府关闭或遭到了政府黑客的攻击。欧洲安全与合作组织的一个选举观察团指出“大多数政党对这次选举过程的公正性缺乏信任”。