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Russia bars last anti-war party from election, partly over AI image copyright

• elmer2 2mo ago
  Russia really other political parties besides Putin?
  • apothegm 2mo ago
    Nominally.
• bell-cot 2mo ago
  Right now, the title I see (on the article) is "Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election". Maybe SCMP is A/B testing AI clickbait in their titles? Russia being Russia, the liberals would be banned for mis-trimmed toenails, if nothing more interesting could be found or fabricated.
  • drysine 2mo ago
    >the liberals would be banned for mis-trimmed toenails Going to the elections with the anti-war slogans is what got them banned. Putin can't let that sentiment get broadcasted during election campaign because sadly "anti-war" currently means "let's make a temporary truce and give the West time to rearm and rebuild Ukrainian army for the next round".
    • heneryville 2mo ago
      In a real democracy the people decide what can be said, not the autocrat. That's what the election if for. Putin should make his case, not ban opposition.
      • drysine 2mo ago
        This means there are very few real democracies in the world especially during the war. Think of Snowden and Assange, for example. They had a lot to say and show, but one big democracy didn't like it
    • maximinus_thrax 2mo ago
      > rebuild Ukrainian army for the next round There's going to be a next round? Have russians lost all sense of what's embarrassing? Is one ass-kicking with 500k fatalities and an economy held together by nabiullina duct tape not enough? I guess russia just needs to collapse every 100 years..