No, its Russia where every credible opponent of Putin, during his 26 year rule, is jailed, poisoned or killed.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024, at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony.
Posted on 08/03/2026 5:27:36 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
The prominent Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin has fled to Paris as Moscow tightens its grip on dissent before parliamentary elections later this year.
Nadezhdin, a veteran liberal politician, gained international prominence during Russia’s 2024 presidential election when his long-shot campaign against Vladimir Putin unexpectedly gathered momentum before electoral authorities barred him from running.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
I am just wondering when Putin was elected as president of the U.S.?
He must have nuts of steel to even try. I can’t fault him for bugging out, though.
“2024 presidential election when his long-shot campaign ... unexpectedly gathered momentum before electoral authorities barred him from running.”
Is this about Romania ?
No, its Russia where every credible opponent of Putin, during his 26 year rule, is jailed, poisoned or killed.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024, at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony.
I guess you missed this story at the time...
https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-president-election-ukraine-russia-vance-simion/33403006.html
Needless to say, the “Russian interference” claims were made up to cancel a “far right” candidate who was going to win.
And in Germany they are setting the stage to outlaw AfD
Marine Lepen is curretly “allowed” to run under the costraints of electronic monitoring. But the French Courts could still ban her.
And we saw in the USA how Trump was hit with 80+ bogus ciminal charges to prevent him from running. And then there was Biden’s 2020 election “win”.
The false “democracies” and “Republics” of the West are collapsing in credibility and legitimacy.
And unlike Putin, they don’t hav personal popularity to fall back on.
LOL, pure unadulterated idiocy. Sure, Putin is only in office for 26 years not because he’s killed off all credible rivals and shut down all opposition media but because of his “personal popularity”. GTFOH
Polling shows Putin is popular.
Which is not that hard when you don’t destroy your industry with high priced energy, don’t deliberately impoverish your population with green bullshit, don’t import nigs to replace your population, don’t impose faggotry on a Christian population that doesn’t want it, don’t do overseas wars for Israel, but only fight wars against hostile forces on your border.
Stuck in the 80’s Cold War Boomer-Cons can’t get over that a Russian Nationalist and Patriot is not a communist/atheist. Instead they cheer for globohomo NATO atheist faggotry to prevail.
Putin’s approval rating is “down” to 66%
Complete idiocy. Show me ANY totalitarian dictator whose "polls" show him to be unpopular. What do you think people on the street in Russia or randomly called by an unknown poll taker going to say? I hate Putin? Stupid
We don’t see millions leaving Russia to avoid military service. We don’t see the “mobilization” kidnappings we see in Ukraine.
Just take the L, buddy.
Putin’s popular. You don’t have to like it. But it is just the way it is.
This is the “war” for a “free Ukraine” that you clowns support.
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https://www.autonext.co/news/bentley-kyiv-among-the-world-s-best-dealerships-despite-the-war
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