War in Ukraine. ISW: Putin Portrays Duma Elections as Referendum on War in Ukraine
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Putin stages the Duma election as a vote on the war. A visit to Moscow's East, where the candidate of the Jabloko party promotes peace and fights against a front fighter.
Russia will hold tightly controlled elections this week, which the Kremlin sees as a kind of barometer of public opinion about the war in Ukraine.
Shortly before the elections, President Putin travels through an insecure Russia. Again and again, he promotes his "military operation" in Ukraine – thus hindering his own party's election campaign.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is portraying the State Duma elections as a referendum on his war in Ukraine, having previously created the conditions to secure his desired outcome, writes the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
There is growing discontent, but Vladimir is not enough to win solo: he needs a high turnout to legitimize the next war moves
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is portraying the State Duma elections as a referendum on his war in Ukraine, writes the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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