I appeared on Pasha’s pavell site at "Successors." How will Putin’s speech to his supporters affect the course of the election? It won’t affect the election campaign at this point. Unless, of course, a piano falls on Putin’s head. The results have already been decided and entered into the State Automated System "Vybory" (Russia’s official election information system). Everything happening now is simply meant to prepare us for those results. This is where the presidential administration’s great humanism shows itself: they are sparing us the cultural shock. At 11:00 p.m. on December 2, we will all breathe out and say: Well then, this was where it was all heading. Read more here: http://www.preemniki.ru/comments/50