Truth be known, the Kremlin is not doing very well among the Russian people. Putin's nationalism is not holding up. The Russian people are supposed to be the focus of Putin's nationalism, but, the reality is the Russian people are tired of the Kremlin.
That internal instability may make Russia a very dangerous player in the world. I sincerely believe there needs to be more transparency about the unrest within Russia to bring the idea that Russian aggression is only proving to be a reason for hiding the unrest of the Russian people.
This election is very telling about the influence of the Kremlin. If the Russian people are slowly, but, deliberately walking away from the Kremlin, what can China say about it's ally?
December 16, 2018
A Kremlin-backed candidate for governor of Russia's Far East region of Primorye has won a repeat election for the post after officials nullified an earlier ballot over electoral irregularities.
With 100 percent of the ballots counted late on December 16, Russia's Central Election Commission said Kremlin-backed acting Governor Oleg Kozhemyako was leading with nearly 61.9 percent of the vote.
The preliminary results showed Andrei Andreichenko of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) in second place with 25.1 percent of the vote.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's office said he had called Kozhemyako in the evening to congratulate him on his victory
Kozhemyako had a massive lead in preelection polls. A candidate must secure at least 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.
Two other candidates -- Aleksei Timchenko of the Party of Growth and Roza Chemeris of the For Women of Russia movement, had 5.2 percent and 3.8 percent of the votes, respectively....
