>suggest Russian involvement I highly doubt it. You don't instigate protests and congratulate "winner" on the next day after election at the same time. It's fa

>suggest Russian involvement I highly doubt it. You don't instigate protests and congratulate "winner" on the next day after election at the same time. It's far easier to pressure known leader, who has bad relations with the West (and elections only made them worse), than risk instability and weak government puppeteered by foreign forces installed after a "revolution" (see Ukraine). I previously wrote about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24104304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24104304