‘There Are No Decent Parties Left’: Sham Elections Underscore Putin’s Grip on Russia
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Russia holds legislative elections until Sunday. And how are they organized in an autocracy? Easy: disqualifying the opposition for the most unlikely reasons.
The anti-war party Jabloko was excluded from the parliamentary election by a Russian court in August. 22-year-old member Polina Lermant is still running for a seat in the Duma in Moscow – despite possible imprisonment.
Opposition excluded from parliamentary elections in Russia
Does Putin's United Russia have a real opposition, after Yabloko was removed from the election list? If the outcome is really not uncertain, as the West claims, what do these elections tell us and can they change anything? View of the day only on Newsmax Balkans from 19:00.
Key takeaways: The Russian parliamentary elections are intended to create a semblance of national unity and legitimacy for President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Now that the only party that openly denounced the conflict has been removed from the ballot, the political landscape lacks real opposition. This ensures […]
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