Anna-Lena Laurén: Russian talent show opened the floodgates to the anger against corruption

A two-year-old girl wins a talent competition. She sings good, but does not belong to the favorites. Despite this win, she surprisingly final with 56.5 percent of the votes. The runner-up, united, only 27.9 per cent.

eleven-year-old winner is the daughter of Russian pop star Alsu. Her grandfather, Ralif Safin is a former vice-president of the state oil company Lukoil and the former senator in the duma's upper house. Dad Jan Abramov is a wealthy banker.

In Russia, explodes on social media in a furious debate. Despite that no formal error is likely to have been committed. It was a tittaromröstning who appointed the victor in the finals last week. In comparison with how much voter fraud that occurs in the Russian elections, where ballot boxes are being rammed full with a pre-filled notes, it is not likely that the number of votes have been tampered with.

the Rage is about people are tired of its elite, as in any context pushes their children into lucrative positions.

called elvaåringens mother Alsu, which has over two million followers on Instagram, their fans to vote for her daughter. It also made other famous Russian artists, such as Filipp Kirkorov.

there is Much to suggest that this is the reason that elvaåringen won by the largest margin ever. The competition tends to be considerably smoother, which the director-general of Channel 1, Konstantin Ernst, himself noted.

the State Channel 1, which organized the competition, according to the international concept of The Voice, has rarely been so here criticised. The problem for management is that the criticism does not come from the liberal opposition, but of its faithful viewers as it is dependent on.

Also the Dutch company Talpa Media, which owns the brand, The Voice has expressed concerns that the competition's good name is blackened down. Channel 1 has started an additional check of the result. It is a foreign company by the name of Group-IB, which controls how the voting went to and they say be ready at the latest within a month.

citizens are accustomed to the elite seized on the high items on behalf of their children. It pokes people in the eyes, but you take it for granted. Talangtävlingarna be considered, however, as an opportunity for ordinary people gifted children.

When the elite is penetrating even where will be the reaction completely furious.

– The adult world is one thing. Begin to act the same way towards the children who are not accustomed to the cynicism and injustice is something else, writes the independent Vedomosti.

" We know how the powers that be place their child on the lucrative samhällsposter. We tiger, we are used to. We would ourselves do the same. We have lost all shame. But now it's about children, writes Aleksandr Melman in the popular tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets.

Vedomosti notes sour to Channel 1 and now, we have chosen to verify how it is possible that the so-called ”anomalies” occurred in the vote, while government officials pretend that it is raining when the corresponding anomalies occur in the choice.