LUDMILA ANDRÉA

“It’s back to the streets” : Putin wins Russian Presidential Elections

And Putin wins again. The nagging sense of illegitimacy resonates in my brain as I read over the various headlines announcing Vladimir Putin’s re-election as the President of Russia. Having dominated Russia’s political sphere since the turn of the century, many members of the opposition have begun to question whether or not foul play was involved in the most recent elections. Winning roughly 65% of the votes, his win has been questioned by opposition activists as well as his rivals both of whom have spouted rumours of vote-rigging. “Russia witnessed popular protests on a scale unseen since the 1990s amid widespread allegations of fraud following last year’s parliamentary elections, and some are now hoping for a repeat of those scenes” (Aljazeera).