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To: delta7

No, he is not !
He might be the head of his queer dance brigade, but that’s about it.

He declared martial law on February 24, 2022, knowing THE Ukraine’s constitution mandates that elections cannot go ahead until any declaration of martial law is lifted.
Holding Ukraine hostage and refusing to relinquish power. Zelensky has been upgraded to dictator.


16 posted on 01/31/2025 9:53:07 AM PST by ANKE69 (✌️🇺🇲 Let's MAGA)
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To: ANKE69

This gap turned out to be even larger than the Kremlin itself anticipated. It had aimed for a mere “historic result”: 80-82 per cent of the vote for Putin with a 70-75 per cent turnout. In the absence of any intrigue, however, it is not easy to achieve such figures – voters simply have no reason to show up at polling stations. Realising this, the presidential administration expanded its menu of manipulations as much as possible. Since the widespread protests in 2011-2012 demanding clean elections, the authorities have tried to avoid outright fraud in major cities. Instead, they have sought to combine electoral fraud in rural territories with the mobilisation in cities of those who work for corporations or organisations dependent on the state.

This time, administrative mobilisation outdid itself. The colossal overstretching of the bureaucratic system gifted Putin a result even better than “planned”, bringing his performance closer to that of east Asian or African dictatorships.

https://ecfr.eu/article/win-big-lose-bigger-why-russias-sham-election-result-could-become-putins-mistake/


17 posted on 01/31/2025 10:03:49 AM PST by TexasGator ('r/11111.111''!11)
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