俄罗斯总理普京说，反对派既没有目标，也没有领袖。他拒绝了反对派提出的重新举行议会选举的要求。星期二，普京在向支持者讲话时说，反对派没有统一 的纲领，也没有明确的达成目标的途径，反对派中没有人能够实现具体的成果。普京还表示，他希望三月举行的总统选举绝对透明，他坚持表示，他不需要操纵选举 来获胜。
有人指称12月的议会选举中有舞弊现象，这导致出现20年前苏联解体以来的最大规模的抗议活动。活动人士说，普京的统一俄罗斯党 通过选票舞弊非法赢得这次选举的胜利。他们要求宣布选举无效，再选一次。他们还表示，需要采取措施，防止在明年三月的总统大选中出现更多舞弊。普京希望重 返总统宝座。他曾在2000年到2008年之间担任总统。
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the opposition lacks goals and leaders, and he has rejected demands for a rerun of Russia's recent parliamentary elections. In comments to his supporters Tuesday, Mr. Putin said the opposition has no unified program, no clear way of reaching its aims and nobody who can achieve something "concrete." Mr. Putin also said he wants Russia's March presidential election to be absolutely transparent and insisted he does not need vote rigging to win the poll.
Alleged voter fraud in the December 4 Russian parliamentary elections has spurred the largest protests since the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago. Activists say Mr. Putin's United Russia party illegally won a narrow majority in this month's parliamentary elections through vote fraud. They want to throw out the results and hold a new vote. They also say measures are needed to prevent more fraud in Russia's presidential election in March, when Mr. Putin hopes to return to the post he held from 2000 to 2008.