"俄國：選舉之旅"

俄國人三月四日就要選出新總統來取代梅德韋傑夫。普遍預測總理弗拉基米爾普丁將會贏得選舉，加上這一次就會是第三個任期。

40多年前，蘇聯的作家葉洛費耶夫寫了一個關於鐵路旅程的故事，強調在蘇聯時期那段生活無望的日子。《從莫斯科到別圖什基》這本書成為最有名的一段鐵路旅程。BBC特派記者史蒂夫羅森伯格發現，就在2012大選前，有通勤者在一趟類似的火車旅程中討論政治人物。

許多乘客說，他們會把票投給普丁，但並非所有人都認同。除了政治爭論之外，火車上還有很多貿易活動在進行。一名乘客突然開始唱起歌，唱著她如何熱愛俄國，但是旅途尾聲，記者感受到俄國人失去了他們的方向，有些人對在前面駕車的司機失去信心。

普丁可能還是會贏得大選，不是因為人們相信他能帶來更好的未來，而是因為乘客還沒準備好要冒險換司機。

(Politics)Russia: On the Election Trail

Russians go to the polls on March 4 to elect a president to replace Dmitry Medvedev. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely predicted to win the race, and with it a third term in office.

More than 40 years ago, the Soviet author Venedikt Yerofeyev wrote a story about a rail journey, which highlights the hopelessness of life in the USSR of those days. The book, Moscow to Petushki, became a most famous railway journey. BBC correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, finds commuters arguing about the politicians during a similar train journey just before the election of 2012.

Many passengers said they would vote for Mr. Putin, but not all of them agreed. Besides political arguments there was plenty of trading taking place on the train. One passenger broke into songs and sang about how much she loved Russia, but by the end of the journey the correspondent got the impression that Russians had lost their direction, and that some had lost faith in the man up front who is the driver.

Putin will probably still win the election, not because he is believed to offer a brighter future, but because the passengers are not ready to risk changing drivers.

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