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Topic	Putin claims victory in Russian election
UnsteadyOwl 03/17/24 7:23:21 PM #19:	-Crissaegrim- posted... Did he even have a living opponent to run against? There were a few other token candidates on the ballot to give the thinnest impression of an actual democratic election, but nobody who represented any real challenge to Putin's rule. Alexei Navalny, who had significant popular support as an opposition leader against Putin, had been imprisoned since 2021 and died in prison last month. In Russian occupied parts of Ukraine people were literally being forced at gunpoint to vote for Putin. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:979422451] in Putin clai... [t:80723997]...</cite> <quote>-Crissaegrim- posted... </cite><quote>Did he even have a living opponent to run against?</quote>There were a few other token candidates on the ballot to give the thinnest impression of an actual democratic election, but nobody who represented any real challenge to Putin's rule.Alexei Navalny, who had significant popular support as an opposition leader against Putin, had been imprisoned since 2021 and died in prison last month.In Russian occupied parts of Ukraine people were literally being forced at gunpoint to vote for Putin. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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