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Russian President Vladimir Putin can choose not to hold presidential elections next year because he will “obviously” win re-election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late Sunday.
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Don’t feel bad for the Russian people.
They deserve this shit for putting up with this year after year as they could clearly see him grabbing more and more power. If they revolted against him 10 or even 15 years ago when he had a fraction of the power that he does now, it never would have gotten so bad and this pointless war in Ukraine might have never happened.
“It’s the abusee’s fault for putting up with them”.
It is when you’re talking about a nation. Putin rules by consent of the governed, they can revoke it
I’m actually curious how open and fair elections would play out in Russia. I think he would probably still win comfortably if only for the limited amount of information a lot of Russians get. Hell, apparently even toilets are a luxury there.
That he will win them is indeed obvious. Since there have not been fair elections in Russia for quite some time, one cannot expect these to be fair.
Not having elections would make it more transparent to what is going on though. It should not be in Putin’s favour to just stop having them. Maybe he can’t afford the bill of having one this time.
There is also the added cost of rigging all those machines and stuffing the ballot boxes.
What transparency do you want after all those jailings and murders?
Also, any relevant opposition tends to end up poisoned or jailed or both.
Hey now, windows and balconies were doing the heavy lifting (dropping?) earlier this year. Must have been a shortage in poison due to the embargos.
Why spend money on toxins when buildings already have the necessary tools
And Republicans want to move there. It’s their favorite version of North Korea.
When was the last time they actually held a real election???
Back in '03
1803 that is.
all the manpower they would use to rig the elections is lying in ditches in Ukraine
“Our presidential election is not really democracy […]"
Well, duh!
He’s afraid Prigozhin will run.
He has achieved conservatism’s natural final form of “leadership”.
Well, in 2020 he did make it law that he was dictator for life. So, what’s the point of going through the motions anymore?
That shithole is nothing but a Potemkin country.
We’ll when you jailed your political rival for 10 years why have one?
republicans creaming their pants rn.
They’re taking notes!
Fucking lmaooo
They forgot to step one though. Have someone in your ranks with more brains than a fruit fly.
Putin is widely expected to declare his bid for a sixth overall presidential term.
Oh, his “bid”? Is he gonna roll those dice one more time? See if he breaks lucky?
A “bid” would entail something like “chance”. And that chance would not depend on the citizens, but on his cronies…
100% chance is still a chance
Republican party leadership like
