Elections may be closed and phoney, but Russia's rulers are responsive to the popular mood in their own way, as in the nervous backtracking that followed big street protests against a reform of the benefits system in 2005.
Elections may be closed and phoney, but Russia's rulers are responsive to the popular mood in their own way, as in the nervous backtracking that followed big street protests against a reform of the benefits system in 2005.
选举也许仅限于少数人，而且是糊弄人的事情，但对于民众情绪，俄罗斯统治者还是会积极应对，比如2005年福利制度改革遭到大规模抗议后，胆怯的统治者随即收回成命。