War in Ukraine. ISW: Putin Portrays Duma Elections as Referendum on War in Ukraine
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Shortly before the elections, President Putin travels through an insecure Russia. Again and again, he promotes his "military operation" in Ukraine – thus hindering his own party's election campaign.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is portraying the State Duma elections as a referendum on his war in Ukraine, having previously created the conditions to secure his desired outcome, writes the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
There is growing discontent, but Vladimir is not enough to win solo: he needs a high turnout to legitimize the next war moves
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin positions the upcoming elections to the State Duma as a kind of “referendum on support for the war against Ukraine”. In the Russian Federation, conditions are created in advance to obtain the desired result for the Kremlin.
The Kremlin is presenting the upcoming elections to the State Duma as a nationwide referendum on support for the war against Ukraine in order to create the ground for new long-term casualties and possible mobilization.
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