Putin "won about 77% of the vote...", sounds like a mandate.
Until you read, "without any major opponent."
Somehow, I suspect the MSM in Russia does not dare do everything possible to shred Mr. Putin and get him impeached. I'm grateful to live in the good ole USA, where the media and the (dis)loyal opposition are free to make horses' derrieres of themselves without fear of death or imprisonment.
Putin "won about 77% of the vote...", sounds like a mandate.
Until you read, "without any major opponent."
Somehow, I suspect the MSM in Russia does not dare do everything possible to shred Mr. Putin and get him impeached. I'm grateful to live in the good ole USA, where the media and the (dis)loyal opposition are free to make horses' derrieres of themselves without fear of death or imprisonment.