Russian electoral-type events 2023-24

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The political technologists aren’t quite as good as managing Russian “democracy” as they once were, but they’re still far better at it than, say, the Pakistani military’s most recent effort.

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Vladimir Putin (Ba’ath-Russia)

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It's likely that the war in Ukraine has pushed up Putin's own support base up in proportion regardless.

No, that’s not likely at all. Rather the opposite.

What is likely—indeed, more than likely; certain—is that the war in Ukraine has pushed up the cost of opposing Putin, and made the Kremlin more determined than ever to not even have a hint of an alternative out there of any kind.

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It's just desperately sad to see people treating these laughable 'results' even semi-seriously. Even the old Commie hacks during the Cold War didn't pretend, as a rule, that Eastern Bloc elections were 'real'; they made other excuses. Sad, sad, sad.

Agree, I’d rather have a legitimate elected leader like Lukashenko.