Russia’s Election Outcome Is All but Predetermined. But Does a Protest Vote Still Matter?
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Russia’s election outcome is all but predetermined. But does a protest vote still matter?
For 20 years now, Russian voters have had no way to vote against all candidates. The corresponding line was removed from all ballots in the summer of 2006 (including in State Duma elections). That leaves voters whose preferred candidates were blocked from running to decide on the most effective way to express protest. We looked into what strategies exist for this and whether anything Russians do can make a difference at all.
Russia will go to the polls this week to renew the State Duma, the legislative power. In the absence of the scrutiny of the elections to be held between Friday and Sunday, the results are quite predictable. The Kremlin has left very little to chance and has already eliminated any potentially problematic opposition loopholes by banning pacifist candidates such as the exile Boris Nadezhdin – which is on the list of foreign agents – and the liberal…
POLITICS: What to know about Russia’s elections this week
In keeping with Russia’s imperial history, President Vladimir Putin will spend the next week erecting a countrywide Potemkin Village. On Sept. 18-20, the man wanted by The Hague for war crimes will put on a sly smirk and attempt to fool the world with the country’s “elections.” All 450 seats of the Duma — Russia’s legislative body — will ostensibly be up for grabs, but the outcome is preordained. It will be a grotesque, choiceless farce. The Kre…
Russia Has Begun to Nimbly Get Rid of Unwanted Candidates Ahead of the Upcoming State Duma Elections
With less than a week to go before the upcoming State Duma elections in Russia, state authorities continue to deftly weed out candidates they don't want. It's true that the pretexts used to prevent candidates from participating in the elections are sometimes more than absurd.
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