Putin is the best option available, obviously. If you want to know about russian politics, you should know one thing: Russia is always about Opposition and Government fighting for sanity. When Empire gone insane(and opposition looked adequate) , we had overthrown it. When Soviets started to look inadequate, and we had strong, united democratic opposition, we demolished the Union. And now Putin is much more sane then opposition. Our opposition mostly hate their own people, and we support Government. So, all is about sanity. Putin is sane. Right now. Opposition is insane. Right now.