The decade-long hold of “managed” democracy in Russia has been broken. Even on the disputed official results, Russia’s opposition achieved a breakthrough in Sunday’s regional elections. In Moscow’s first mayoral ballot since 2003, anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny finished second with 27 per cent of the vote. In Russia’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, the anti-drugs activist Yevgeny Roizman came first, with 33 per cent.
俄罗斯实施十年之久的“管制式”民主被打破了。即便是从有争议的官方结果来看,俄罗斯反对派也已在本月早些时候的地区选举中取得突破。在莫斯科2003年以来举行的首次市长选举中,反腐博客作家阿列克谢•纳瓦尔尼(Alexei Navalny)获得27%的选票,位列第二。在俄罗斯第四大城市叶卡捷琳堡的选举中,反毒品活动人士叶夫根尼•罗伊兹曼(Yevgeny Roizman)获得33%的选票,拔得头筹。
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