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Putin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election with 88% of the vote, early results show (www.politico.eu)

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

It's 80/80 as expected

[-] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My 127% prediction can still be realized. The 400k+ votes from ~~the~~ Ukraine still need to come in. That has some delay as not all registered voters have been identified...

[-] rikudou 4 points 8 months ago

Why do people keep calling it "the Ukraine"? Serious question.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 8 months ago

Because in English it used to be called that before its independence in 1991. It's now considered wrong and demeaning though.

A similar issue exists in other languages, so it's also likely that the error repeatedly gets carried over when translated to English.

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[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Very auspicious

[-] autotldr 4 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Vladimir Putin tightened his grip on power, claiming another six-year term as Russian president after a brutally distorted election in which all serious challengers were wiped out before voting began.

The result more than met the objective of an overwhelming victory to buttress Putin’s claim that Russians wholeheartedly back their leader and his invasion of Ukraine.

The election campaign, which saw three other candidates refrain from criticizing the president, was overshadowed by the death last month of Putin’s key opponent, Alexei Navalny.

Unusually large crowds were seen at polling stations across Russia, from the smallest Siberian towns to Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as at Russian embassies and consulates worldwide — from Phuket to Paris and Brussels.

“This is a great opportunity to create the appearance that there are people who are not satisfied with the current state of affairs, who are willing to unite for collective action, and there are many of them,” — said Daniel, who voted in the Russian consulate in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Ekaterina Duntsova and Boris Nadezhdin — two potential candidates who advocated for immediate peace negotiations and an end to the war — were barred from running against Putin in the contest.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

His main electoral base is as old as him though, mostly.

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

My left nut came in second! It's cuz it's a little bit larger than Putin.

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