It’s a big world out there.

Unlike mainstream Blue Blazers, Paddy O’Forelock is not so gentrified as to have forgotten *all* our prep school Armenian:

Then presidential candidate Vladimir Putin addressed the people:

“Dear friends, I especially want to thank all of the citizens of Russia, who took part in the election of the President of the Russian Federation. Special thanks to those who have gathered here today, in Moscow, to all who have supported us in every corner of our vast, vast Motherland. Thanks to all who have said “¡Yes, Great Russia!

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I once asked you: ¿we will win? ¡We won!

We won in the open and fair fight. But these were not only Russian presidential election, it was a very important test for all of us, for all of our people, it was a test of political maturity, self-reliance, independence. We showed that we really

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nobody can impose. We have shown that our people are able to easily distinguish the desire for newness, renewal of political provocations that have only one goal – to break the Russian statehood and usurp! The Russian people showed that they are not held on our soil! We won today, and thanks to the support of the overwhelming majority of our electorate.

We will work hard and honestly, we will succeed, and we call on all to unite around people and our Homeland!

I promised that we will win — ¡we win!

¡Glory Russia!

Happy days.

Thanks Edgar. I knew Putin “won”. Just as I know he is a member of the elite oil club. Was it a fair election? Not really. Not when would-be candidates were not allowed to run.

But are elections with hackable diebold voting machines fair when only 50 votes a precinct can throw a state?