Sixty-five per cent of voters turned out in 2012, with 63.6% supporting Putin. Facebook Twitter Pinterest An election campaign billboard promoting presidential candidate for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), Pavel Grudinin. Photograph: Kirill Kukhmar/TASS“My understanding is that the administration wants to pull, not push, people to these elections,” Fyodorov said. At Putin’s first campaign event, at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium on Saturday, some organisers padded out the crowds with paid attendees. A rare public opponent of Putin in Russia’s heartland, Roizmann has said he will not vote.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2018 11:16 UTC