Detail The Beginning of the End of Putin   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page 11. Topik: Presidential Elections; Politics; Public Opinion Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The point of elections is that their outcome should be uncertain. But everybody in Russia knows that Vladimir Putin, who is now prime minister, will be elected president on March 4th. This is not because he is overwhelmingly popular, but because his support will be supplemented by a potent mixture of vote-rigging and the debarring of all plausible alternative candidates. The uncertainty will come after the election, not before. Developments in the past few months have shown that Mr Putin cannot rule his country indefinitely. The beginning of the end of his reign has begun. Whether it is a good end or a bad one is up to him. When Mr Putin came to power 12 years ago, many Russians were grateful for the stability and prosperity he brought with him. But Russia is changing. A richer and more vocal middle class has sprung up, one that recognises Russia as an ill-governed kleptocracy. Although dissatisfaction with the regime is most evident among the middle classes, older, poorer and less cosmopolitan Russians have been peeling away from Mr Putin too. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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