© Grigory Dukor / ReutersPutin casts his ballot at a polling station during a parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, September 18, 2016
On March 8, 2018, Vladimir Putin won the fourth presidential election in his political career. He won with a triumphant result, and it would seem that we can rest on our laurels. I think, however, that
this victory demonstrated not only the enormous personal authority of the Russian head of state, but also the serious problems facing Russia's political system.
Let's start with a simple analysis of the results. Putin, who scored 76.7%, received more than three and a half times more votes than all the other candidates combined. At the same time, he was the only one who acted as a self-nominee. The remaining 7 candidates were nominated by parties representing the entire political spectrum (from right to left, including radicals and moderates, patriots and compradors).
What does this result say, except, of course, that the Russian people absolutely trust the current head of state?
It suggests absolute distrust towards the political parties. All of them. I suspect that it is for this reason that Putin refused to be nominated from a party, which would reduce, not increase his support.
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