Vladimir Putin has won the expected first-round victory in Russia’s presidential election. But this is not business as usual. The middle-class protests of recent weeks show that politics, after a 12-year slumber, have reawoken. Just months ago, it was assumed Mr Putin could be back for two more presidential terms. Instead, yesterday’s poll marks the beginning of what is in all probability his final six-year term; the beginning of the end of the Putin era.
弗拉基米爾?普京(Vladimir Putin)已如預期的那樣在第一輪投票中就勝出，當選俄羅斯總統。但一切已今非昔比。近幾周來中產階層的抗議顯示，在沉寂了12年之后，政治生活已經覺醒。就在幾個月前，人們還覺得普京重新當選總統后可能會再干兩個任期。然而，昨天的民調顯示，這很有可能將是普京的最后一個6年總統任期。普京時代開始走向終結。
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