▁the ▁media ▁as ▁" R ok iro v ka ", ▁the ▁Russian ▁term ▁for ▁the ▁ch ess ▁move ▁" cast ling ". ▁Med ved ev ▁said ▁he ▁himself ▁would ▁be ▁ready ▁to ▁perform ▁" p ract ical ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁government ". ▁ ▁On ▁ 4 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Put in ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Russian ▁president ial ▁elections ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁with ▁ 6 3 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote , ▁despite ▁w ides p read ▁accus ations ▁of ▁vote - rig ging . ▁O pp osition ▁groups ▁accused ▁Put in ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Russia ▁party ▁of ▁fra ud . ▁While ▁efforts ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁elections ▁transparent ▁were ▁public ized , ▁including ▁the ▁usage ▁of ▁web c ams ▁in ▁pol ling ▁stations , ▁the ▁vote ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁the ▁Russian ▁opposition ▁and ▁by ▁international ▁obser vers ▁from ▁the ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Security ▁and ▁Co - operation ▁in ▁Europe ▁for ▁proced ural ▁irregular ities . ▁ ▁Anti - Put in ▁protest s ▁took ▁place ▁during ▁and ▁directly ▁after ▁the ▁president ial ▁campaign . ▁The ▁most ▁not orious ▁protest ▁was ▁the ▁P uss y ▁ri ot ▁performance ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁February , ▁and ▁subsequent ▁trial . ▁An ▁estimated ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 – 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁protest ers ▁gathered ▁in ▁Moscow ▁on ▁ 6 ▁May , ▁when ▁eight y ▁people ▁were ▁injured ▁in ▁confront ations ▁with ▁police , ▁and ▁ 4 5 0 ▁were ▁arrested , ▁with