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    March 02, 2012

Putin Confident About Presidential Win

   VOA News
   Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir
   Putin speak before a meeting with Security Council members at the Gorki
   presidential residence outside Moscow, March 2, 2012. Photo: Reuters
   Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir
   Putin speak before a meeting with Security Council members at the Gorki
   presidential residence outside Moscow, March 2, 2012.

   Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expressing confidence he will
   win Sunday's presidential election.
   Putin told a group of foreign newspaper editors Friday in Moscow that
   anti-Putin protests since parliamentary elections in December were "a
   very good experience for Russia."
   Putin has refused to nullify the December elections amid allegations of
   massive fraud. The prime minister's United Russia party maintained its
   majority in the vote.
   Tens of thousands of people marched in protest over the December
   election and Putin's political dominance.
   Opposition groups are now preparing for another demonstration, saying
   they expect some voting manipulation in Sunday's election. Putin is
   expected to easily win a third non-successive term as Russia's
   president.

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