Moskau * Auf dem Roten Platz feierten am Sonntagabend Zehntausende von Jugendlichen bei einem Open Air-Konzert den Sieg des Wunschnachfolgers von Präsident Wladimir Putin. In einer perfekten Inszenierung überquerten der alte und der neue Präsident Russlands zu einem Song der Band Любэ * Ljube den Roten Platz und wurden auf der Bühne frenetisch bejubelt.
Ljube sind für ihren starken patriotischen Einschlag bekannt und seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre eine der bekanntesten und erfolgreichsten Formationen Russlands. So spielen Ljube seit Jahren am Tag des Sieges am 9. Mai, dem wichtigsten russischen Feiertag, im nationalen Fernsehprogramm.
Video-Clip: “Two for the Road”
Land: Russland
Text (Übersetzung aus dem Russischen ins Englische “UkyiVids”):
President-Elect Medvedev: Hello Russia! Hello Moscow! Good evening, friends! Today is a special day. And despite this unpleasant snow falling from the sky, it is still a special day in our country’s life. We are choosing a course of development for a term — for quite a long term — into the future. And we have a chance to develop ourselves the way we’ve been developing ourselves during the last years — to strengthen stability, to improve the quality of life, and to move forward with the plan we’ve been using all these years. And I’m sure that it is this road we should take. We have every chance for it. And today we had elections — elections in which you participated. I wanted to thank everyone who voted for me.
People: Hurray!
Medvedev: I wanted to thank everyone who voted for other candidates. For together we make up almost two-thirds of this country’s population. Which means we care about her future. Which means we can stay the course that President Putin set forth. And I’m sure that we have every chance for it. Together, we will keep moving on. Together, we will win. Hurray!
People: Putin! Putin! Putin!
Outgoing President/Incoming Prime Minister Putin: Freezing up, aren’t you? Will you give one minute? The elections of the president of the Russian Federation have concluded. And our candidate Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is leading the score by a wide margin.
People: Hurray!
Putin: It’s you I want to thank as well. I thank all citizens of Russia who came to the polling stations today. It means that we live in a democratic state, and that our civil society is becoming efficient, responsible, and active. The presidential and parliamentary elections were held in strict accordance with the Constitution of our country and within time frames stipulated by the law. I congratulate Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, and I wish him good luck!
People: Hurray!
Putin: But this kind of victory makes a lot of demands.
People: Putin! Putin! Putin!
Putin: This victory will guarantee… Exactly! It will guarantee that the course that we’ve chosen — the successful course that together we’ve stayed during the last eight years — will be continued.
People: Hurray!
Putin: I also want to thank all the candidates, who have weathered the presidential race with dignity. But I want to this reminder: The elections are over. And I very much hope that the campaign frenzy will be put behind, and that those who truly love our Russia will join forces in their efforts for the benefit of the citizens of our great Motherland.
People: Hurray!
Putin: Thank you all!
Medvedev: Thank you! Thank you!
People: Putin! Putin! Putin! Go, Russia! Go, Russia! Go, Russia!
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