"普丁反駁投票詐欺的指控"

這位總理說，即將舉辦的總統大選投票站可能會用攝影機來監控。

備戰的俄國總理普丁上週出現在電視直播現場，談到議會選舉被操縱的指稱。

雖然他接受民眾有權可以對選舉結果發出異議，他依然反駁這場投票受到操控的說法。他也快速屏除重新舉辦選舉的要求。

普丁的黨派在這場選舉中失去了席次，不過還是能夠保有議會的多數。該國很多人對這個結果很憤怒，近來有五萬人出現在莫斯科示威遊行。這些抗爭意味著這名總理的政治低潮，就發生在距總統大選只有幾個月前，此選舉結果關係他是否會回到俄國的最高地位。

普丁依然精力旺盛，他對於針對他的批評一笑置之：「反對黨存在的目的就是爭權，也正在爭權。這也是為什麼他們會尋求任何接近權力的機會，要把目前的政權擠掉、指控他們、指出他們的錯誤。」

(Politics) Putin Dismisses Allegations of Voting Fraud

The prime minister said that ballot stations at the upcoming presidential election could be monitored with video cameras.

Embattled Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appeared on live TV last week to talk about claims that parliamentary elections had been rigged.

Although he accepted that people had a right to protest against the results of the election, he dismissed the notion that the vote had been manipulated. He also quickly brushed aside calls for the election to be held again.

Putins party lost seats in the election, but it was still able to retain a parliamentary majority. Many people in the country reacted angrily to this result, and 50,000 turned out in Moscow recently to demonstrate. The protests mark a political low for the prime minister, and they come just a few months before a presidential election that could see him return to Russias top job.

Putin remains resilient, and he laughed off criticism aimed at him, saying: The opposition is there to fight for power and is fighting for power. That is why it is seeking any opportunity to come closer to power, to edge the current authorities out, to accuse them, to point to their mistakes.

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