By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press | Monday, March 19, 2018, 12:05 a.m.
With ballots from 80 percent of Russia’s precincts counted by early Monday, Putin had amassed 76 percent of the vote. Observers and individual voters reported widespread violations including ballot-box stuffing and forced voting, but the claims are unlikely to dilute the power of Russia’s longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin.
As the embodiment of Russia’s resurgent power on the world stage, Putin commands immense loyalty among Russians. More than 30,000 crowded into Manezh Square adjacent to the Kremlin in temperatures of minus-15 degrees F, for a victory concert and to await his words.
“But the answer was easy … if I want to keep working, I vote,” he said, speaking on condition that his last name not be used out of fear his employer — the Moscow city government — would find out.
Say what you will about the man, he is a nationalist that loves his country and appears to be focused on what is best for Russia.
Botox and collagen filler make him look now like Lenin’s waxy mummy face. And our creep-in-chief CONGRATULATES him on the fake election he won! Trump, Xi, Putin, KimJon Un, Duterte—all want to be dictators for life. Club of Creeps!
How dare you group Putin and Trump with Xi, Kim, and Duterte. Both Putin and Trump are the best presidents their countries could possibly have at this time. Both are sacrificing their lives for the security and prosperity of their people. Trump should travel to Russia to congratulate Putin personally and vow to do his utmost to repair US-Russia relations which have been heavily damaged by the Clinton-Obama Democrats, Republican hawks like McCain and Graham, and the imperialist neocons (and Antifa goons). Please educate yourself Mr. AntiFascist, Antifa Hawaii. Stop making remarkably stupid comments. And please remove the good name of Hawaii from your pathetic, little logo.
Daddy didn’t cuddle you enough? Or too much? That’s why you fall for the wanna-be-tyrants?
Russia does not commit war crimes! America does! Shame on America do perpetrate war crimes for Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
O please, both are at it at breakneck speed. Under all presidents in either nations. Only one who BUYS their land grabs is China, the last communist regime. Go figure.
Americans should pray for a leader as patriotic and wise as Vladimir Putin. Russia will one day replace Britain (Britistan) as our best ally. Britain can no longer be trusted by the US. Recently, British government leaders have told our President he is not welcome in their country. Now, they are falsely accusing Russia of poisoning an ex-spy with a nerve agent and sabotaging the World Cup soccer championship to be held in Russia this summer. They have barred harmless Americans from entering Russia because of their “conservative” political views. They are harbouring violent, Islamic jihadists and allowing Islamic hate preachers to convince members of their mosques to commit acts of jihadist terrorism. Those British jihadists can easily get into America. Consider that.