Vladimir Putin Reelected In Russia

Vladimir Putin appears to have won the Russian presidency again by almost 68% of the Russian voters.  Golos, a Western-funded vote monitoring group gives their opinion on the severity of the voter fraud (here) and how the fraud is rather open and transparent in its’ commission.

I think it is interesting and disturbing as to how our current and last President seemed to insist that they had a warm and close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. George Bush called him “Puti” and stated that he could “talk to the man.” I guess that either meant he knew him as he really was or that he just liked him. I would hope it was the former. With Barack Obama, the “I will have more flexibility after the election,” comment made to Putin while the cameras and microphones were still on also adds a concern. What does Putin want the United States to be more flexible about? Iran, Israel, nuclear disarmament, or possibly something else?

I would think Vladimir Putin might not be the first person you should offer your trust.  After all, he was raised within the KGB, which was not an organization that promoted dissent from communist doctrine if I remember correctly.  Some articles on the political dominance of Putin are (here) and (here). I doubt there is anything Putin can do for us that would be in the best interest of the United States.