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Russian elections: Putin at 88%, with quarter of polling stations counted |
2024-03-18 |
[IsraelTimes] Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... has secured 88 percent of the first votes counted in Russia’s presidential election, the head of Russia’s election commission says. The early results are based on counting votes from 24.4% of polling stations, Russia’s elections chief Ella Pamfilova says, in a briefing on state TV. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#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 |
#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 |
#4 Churchill postponed elections too during WWII. |
Posted by: Armaros 2024-03-18 12:33 |
#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 |
#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 |