looks like the Russians have a new template for rebuilding the Soviet Union: “Free Elections”
Yes. Russian style free elections with tanks in the streets and the local comrades checking your vote to make sure you vote happily.
Not to mention the cutoff of news and replacement by Russian news, which isn’t really news at all.
After the “free elections” comes gun confiscation. No worries comrade, we’ll make sure the “proper” people have guns.