Russian Presidential Election: A Referendum on Putin's Leadership

"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," pronounced the United States. "Putin's day will surely be numbered. He'll lose power and he won't get to choose his successor," prophesized the United Kingdom.

Having proclaimed the Lord's name in vain, the duo's avowals have anything but taken hold of reality, one that portends a very different outcome.

Putin has them and their satellites