Workers leave the Uralvagonzavod tank factory in Russia's industrial Urals town of Nizhny Tagil on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, with a famous Soviet made tank T-34 on the right. Vladimir Putin is expected to draw strong support from blue-collar workers in towns like Nizhny Tagil during the presidential elections on March 4, although protests are expected in Moscow and other major cities after the vote. (AP Photo/Peter Leonard)