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submitted 1 year ago by Tazmanian@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Russian President Vladimir Putin can choose not to hold presidential elections next year because he will “obviously” win re-election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late Sunday.

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 106 points 1 year ago
[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 year ago

I’m surprised he waited so long, honestly. all this tip-toeing around rigged elections and shoving his political opponents out of windows into cups of polonium tea is lot of work for a guy who has to shop for gigantic conference tables all day and poop into a collection bag for his secret service guys to catalogue for whatever reason. when you combine all of that with his busy schedule of genociding Ukranians, well… obviously, one of those activities will to have to go. an evil autarch has only so much time in the day!

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I think at this moment, there could be protests even with a rigged election. Take away the election entirely and maybe it's a lower chance of protests. No opposition to galvanize around, etc.

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Kind of hard to be sarcastic when thinking about that

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago

That's when they stop pretending.

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