‘There Are No Decent Parties Left’: Sham Elections Underscore Putin’s Grip on Russia
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Russia holds legislative elections until Sunday. And how are they organized in an autocracy? Easy: disqualifying the opposition for the most unlikely reasons.
The anti-war party Jabloko was excluded from the parliamentary election by a Russian court in August. 22-year-old member Polina Lermant is still running for a seat in the Duma in Moscow – despite possible imprisonment.
Opposition excluded from parliamentary elections in Russia
The Russian Duma election is not a reliable test of mood for Putin. Repression, propaganda and the exclusion of critical forces determine the urn. The official result should above all show one thing: the political image that the Kremlin of Russia wants to convey.
The only party that is against the war in Ukraine was stopped from participating.
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