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While the nature of Russian politics are such that virtually no national election is fair, I argue that it is not clear that elections in Russia do not represent, on the whole, the will of the Russian people. This thesis draws primarily on two approaches: the use of opinion poll results and the comparison of returns form national and local elections. Utilizing these two resources I argue that it is rational to conclude that the majority of Russians support and vote for Putin, Medvedev, and generally candidates of the party United Russia. Given this conclusion, I examine several hypotheses which attempt to explain why Russians support their leaders, paying particular attention to the popularity of Putin and the cultural aspect of authoritarianism.","abstract_html":"In recent years much has been said both about Russia's status as a democracy, as well as the issue of falsification in Russian elections. 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