Putin: Presidential Election Campaign

Vladimir Putin Dept: Unpopular Putin headed for win, according to The Star. Putin has now visited the icon in a 16th-century monastery five times. His latest visit to the monastery east of St Petersburg was in January, before he revved up his campaign for Sunday s election and erased any doubt he will win convincingly and tIKHVIN, RUSSIA Vladimir Putin followed in the footsteps of Russia s tsars when he interrupted his presidential election campaign to seek the blessing of the Virgin of Tikhvin, a Byzantine icon which believers say works miracles. Legend has it that all the tsars except one sought the Virgin s blessing before ascending the throne. The one who did not, Nicholas II, turned out to be the last, killed by revolutionaries in 1918. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.