The recent presidential elections in Russia have seen Vladimir Putin regain the post after fours years as prime minister. Amid widespread calls of vote-rigging and against the backdrop of the large popular mobilizations in December 2011, will Putin be able to retain the necessary support of the elites (and with them the military and police), or will the already forming splits in the ruling class be a portent of tough times to come in Russia?
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