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Why do you say so? They seem to have regular elections and voter turnout seems decent (per wikipedia).
by richrichie 3y ago
Why do you say so? They seem to have regular elections and voter turnout seems decent (per wikipedia).
- ErneX 3y agoElections where candidates are murdered or barred from participating? Those aren’t elections.
- richrichie 3y agoI was not aware of these. Were they barred through court process (like we are trying to bar Trump through judicial process) or was it extra-judicial, arbitrary? Don’t they have the equivalent of the election commission.
- omgtehlion 3y agoYep. They have election commission, appointed by 1/3 putin, 1/3 by duma (with putin's party dominating it), 1/3 by "soviet of federation" which is comprised of governor representativs of governors appointed by putin (in Russia you can not vote for your governor). So, completely independent institutuion, I suppose...
- ErneX 3y agoWhat good are elections if you jail or straight up murder the dissents/opposition? It’s a complete joke. Navalny was also poisoned in 2020 he almost died on a commercial flight that had to be diverted. Look up also the amount of journalists murdered there, that isn’t a democracy.