Russia goes to the polls … but Putin had already won before a vote was cast

EVEN by the accepted standards of Russian presidential elections, today’s poll is the ultimate fait accompli. Vladimir Putin, the man who for several years Forbes business magazine has named the “most powerful person in the world” will be returned for his fourth term in office as President of the Russian Federation.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16094942.Russia_goes_to_the_polls_____but_Putin_had_already_won_before_a_vote_was_cast/