Why Russia's Elections Matter to Putin
March 17, 2018 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/VP2.png?itok=REYKpxvw)
If Putin's March 2018 election fails to meet the Russian president's own standards for success, it may cause reverberations in his foreign and domestic policies. U.S. decision-makers must therefore focus on the nuance behind the "election" results, Nataliya Bugayova writes in an essay for Fox News.