For 17 years, elections in Russia have followed the same pattern: Nobody criticizes Putin, nobody runs a real election campaign, the whole… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
When Vladimir Putin runs up against American power and American criticism and American leadership that reminds him of what Russia isn't, when… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Putin doesn't conduct elections in the Western sense of elections. This is more accurately probably described as a plebiscite, where people are… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image