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2024-03-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian elections: Putin at 88%, with quarter of polling stations counted

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [50 views ] Top

#1 Gloating Putin says 'there is no democracy in the West' in victory speech after exit polls say he's got 88% of vote in sham Russian Presidential election (and after rivals were exiled, jailed or killed) as Kyiv accuses autocrat of 'wanting to rule forever'

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-18 00:28|| 2024-03-18 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Say what you will and I'll believe it. It's easy for me to believe that Putin rigged the election. Biden only wishes he could rig an election like that. But at least Putin didn't cancel Russia's elections like Zelensky did in Ukraine. So how is Zelensky any better? How is Biden any better?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-03-18 12:19|| 2024-03-18 12:19|| Front Page Top

#3 To be fair, per Ukraine's constitutional amendment in 2015, elections are cancelled when under martial law (which it is during wartime).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-03-18 12:25|| 2024-03-18 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Churchill postponed elections too during WWII.

Posted by Armaros 2024-03-18 12:33|| 2024-03-18 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 The US has become a global laughing stock by criticizing democratic processes in other nations while suppressing a presidential candidate in its own election, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-18 12:36|| 2024-03-18 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 It really is remarkable how easily we reject the authenticity of a Russian election, then in the next breath assure ourselves that our own elections are beyond reproach.

Posted by Angstrom 2024-03-18 13:13|| 2024-03-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

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