Posted on 01/11/2024 2:37:42 PM PST by marcusmaximus
A politician bidding to run against Vladimir Putin in Russia's upcoming presidential election described the decision to go to war in Ukraine as a "big mistake" in comments to the wives of soldiers on Thursday.
Boris Nadezhdin, representing a centre-right party called Civic Initiative that has no seats in parliament, is seeking to gather the necessary 100,000 signatures from people across Russia to enable him to stand against Putin.
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Nadezhdin has promised to present a plan for ending the conflict. Last week he also aimed sharp criticism at the authorities over heating outages that have struck parts of Russia in the depths of an exceptionally cold winter.
"Cities are freezing. Who is guilty?" he asked in a Telegram post. "The huge amounts of money that have been spent and planned for the special military operation could have been invested in improving the quality of life of my fellow citizens."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Putin welcomes constructive criticism. He calls it his open window policy.
No need for him to complain now, this thing is all but wrapped up.
But here’s the funny thing.
He’s not dead like a Ukrainian opposition leader.
The elections haven’t been cancelled like in Ukraine.
The opposition parties haven’t been banned like in Ukraine.
Journalists that report this aren’t being thrown in prison like in Ukraine.
Radio stations that discuss this aren’t being closed like in Ukraine.
ROTFL, you got me on that one.
Taking bets on 4 stories over/under.
It’s not a real election.
Trevelyan yet again.
I’m going tonplace a put option on Boris Nadezhdin. Seems a safe bet.
Ahhh…Reuters… one of the favorite sources of “news” for De Minimus.
Someone seems to be itching for a several story freefall with a sudden stop....
No, not like the "real elections" in the United States of Banana...
Tell Patrushev to fix the heat and hot water.
Reporting by al-Rooters; writing by Mark Trevelyan; editing by Jonathan Oatis
Does Putim have someone like Jack Smith to take care of candidates like this?
That’s “The Patrushev” to you.
Russia “elections” stronk as bull!
Ivan Defenestratorovich
What Krynky doink?
Are our elections real?
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