普京再登总统宝座 喜极而泣

Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies.

上周日，弗拉基米尔•普京在俄罗斯总统大选中胜出后喜极而泣。他表示自己的胜利是避免国家落入敌人手里的历史转折点。

ballot¹ box in a polling station in Moscow March 4, 2012." src="http://www.enread.comhttp://www.enread.com/upimg/allimg/120305/1_120305072002_1.jpg" width="397" height="300" />
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) casts his vote on an electronic ballot box in a polling station in Moscow March 4, 2012.
Putin's opponents complained of widespread fraud, refused to recognize the results and said they would press ahead on Monday with the biggest protests since he rose to power 12 years ago.

But the former KGB spy said he had won a "clean" victory and was on course to return to the Kremlin after four years as prime minister with almost 65 percent of votes, partial results showed.

"I promised you we would win. We have won. Glory to Russia," Putin, dressed in an anorak（厚夹克） and flanked by outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev, told tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters at a late-evening victory rally under the red walls of the Kremlin.

Denouncing attempts to "destroy Russia's statehood and usurp²（夺取） power," he said: "The Russian people have shown today that such scenarios³ will not succeed in our land ... They shall not pass!"

The crowd at one point chanted: "Putin! Putin! Putin!" Some danced to keep warm and drank vodka from plastic glasses, with empty bottles crunching⁴ underfoot.

It was a defiant⁵ and angry speech which left Putin, 59, on collision course with the mainly middle-class protesters in Moscow and other big cities who have staged huge rallies since a disputed parliamentary poll on December 4.

Two exit polls showed Putin with 58-59 percent of the votes and incomplete results showed him winning more than 64 percent.

The protest organizers, who see Putin as an autocratic leader whose return to power will stymie⁶ hope of economic and political reforms, said their demonstrations⁷ would now grow.