Putin has passed the point of no return (Video)

A few days before parliamentary elections in Russia, the British press has paid much attention to Vladimir Putin and United Russia.
Guardian correspondent Miriam Elder describes his trip to Yaroslavl, where she met with students.
The output correspondent: Russia starts not to make a prolonged reign of one party, and in these elections, United Russia can not expect the same strong support of voters in 2007.
19- year-old Kate says that she needs more choices, Artem finds that created 10 years ago in support of Putin ' EdRo ' does not play by the rules, and Alina complained that the promised democracy has not occurred.
However, too much negative comments students immediately cut short man in a tracksuit ' Adidas ', writes the Guardian.
This man - Cyril. It is the same student, but the right of upsetting their peers gives him the fact that he is a member of ' Young Guard ', and rather aggressive youth wing of United Russia.
These representatives of the party in power in every Russian university, in every factory, every plant.

They carry the weight of unwavering faith in Putin's. On the eve of the elections are activated, begin to haunt the town and village and put pressure on the voters.

'90 ' S were just a nightmare. Robbery was at every turn, even on the quietest streets was impossible to walk, feeling completely safe - like Cyril classmates, intending not to vote for ' EdRo '. - Now things are changing. We have a stable '.

According to the newspaper, the party in power by all means try to avoid unfavorable to a disposition of which it polls predict.

According to the polls were on Sunday for the ' United Russia ' ready to vote 41% of voters, while in 2007 the party won 64% of votes.

Guardian also refers to information leaked from party sources in the online edition of the newspaper. py.

These data suggest that Moscow United Russia shines only 29 % of the vote, and in St. Petersburg, 31%.

Against the background of these figures the Kremlin has taken emergency measures, including methods of intimidation, the newspaper refers to the findings of analysts.

Last Wednesday, the governor of Omsk openly stated in his television interview that the industries will leave the region if its citizens do not vote for the person for whom should.

United Russia - a system, it can hardly be called a party - said Tatiana Borodina, regional representative of Russia's only independent company to monitor the elections, ' Voice '. - In principle, we vote 'for ' or ' against' whole system '.

Incidentally, the ' voice ' serious pressure, says Guardian. Parliamentarians and the prosecutor's office demanding that the company did not work during the election.

However, like newspaper, survey data suggest that the all-powerful system fails.

Miriam Elder concludes its coverage of the Yaroslavl words: ' When Cyril of' Young Guard ', only three students said they would not vote for United Russia, and when he came out of the audience raised their hands of everything '.

' The situation in the country really is changing. Apathy inherent in the public four years ago, no more ' - says Yaroslav Yudin, one of three deputies of the regional parliament, does not represent the United Russia.

According to the deputy, is that United Russia is losing its popularity, played a role, and the deterioration of living standards of the off corruption, but the main blow to the party caused by Putin.

His decision to run for a third presidential term has become almost a point of no return.

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And the Guardian and the Financial Times recalled in this regard the troubles that happened with Putin in November, when he was literally booed in the sports complex ...

According to analysts, is that moment was a watershed in Putin's rule.
FT, in his article ' Putin booed by the audience ' causes the same data of opinion polls and make the same conclusions as the Guardian.

History, writes business daily, has already had known political longevity - Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. But in modern politics for 12 years in power - it is too long, and Putin 's time to understand it.

It is not a gift, even communist China introduces a five-year limit on the presidency of one man, the newspaper writes.

Many Russians believe that Putin returns to power solely from its own interests, rather than the interests of the people.

The country is also widely believed that masterfully played out tandem - an intellectual and a liberal Medvedev ...
So far, the situation in Russia is far from the Arab spring, says FT. Many Western politicians may still be the envy of the ratings of Vladimir Putin and United Russia. But the germs of discontent are already evident.
In this scenario, a complete lack of alternatives can lead to very dangerous vacuum of power.
If Putin becomes president again, he first would have to return the political competition, or the Russian people can do it for him, says Financial Times.

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