Putin wins the election!!!!

[Shalcker]

Looking forward to Trump congratulating him and warmly praising his policy of locking up his political opponents.

"Lock her up!" seemed to work with Americans quite well too.

[Mormolyce]

I wonder why they even bother holding elections no one takes it seriously may as well say he won with 100% of the vote and leave the poor people of Russia alone.

Shalcker et al require material to work with though.

"Lock her up!" seemed to work with Americans quite well too.

[rda]

Ok, I shall clarify. You said that Putin wouldn't be the best choice for Russia. However, the alternatives, including the much-cherished-in-the-west Navalny, hold the same position about Crimea and Ukraine as Putin does.

This is another BS.

Navalny's position on Crimea and Ukraine is *vastly* different from Putin's:

1. Putin holds current Ukraine hostage to a war in the two North-East regions, Navalny would stop this immediately (and yes, stop all the "totally not Russian military" folks going to have "vacations" in those regions of the Ukraine).

2. Putin considers Crimea a done deal, Navalny openly says this is NOT a done deal. The only other thing he says about Crimea is that *since people there already had their lives / laws restarted, doing this the second time in a row without asking them is bad, their interests should be taken into view*. If Putin did NOT take Crimea by force, we wouldn't have been talking about this, it's the simple notion that you should avoid trading lands with people around without their opinion.

Putin's and Navalny's positions on Ukraine / Crimea are completely different.

[Rukh]

If people want them, here's various videos of ballot stuffing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dR9CXEYFEc

https://i.imgur.com/0kAk9QY.gifv

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...s_balloons_in/

https://twitter.com/Gulay_Pole

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...ns_in/dvx33dk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[Deleted]

I just wonder why they even try to make it look like a democracy instead of just being honest about it (like in the USSR times).

Everyone already knows, I doubt there is even 1 person in Russia or in the rest of the world that even believes this facade.

[rda]

I just wonder why they even try to make it look like a democracy instead of just being honest about it (like in the USSR times).

Everyone already knows, I doubt there is even 1 person in Russia or in the rest of the world that even believes this facade.

They are doing it to try and keep things calmer than they otherwise would have been.

State propaganda makes some people in Russia believe that it's the same all over the world - the government in all countries is corrupt, elections change little, etc. Propaganda is a powerful tool, as you know.

[Noradin]

I just wonder why they even try to make it look like a democracy instead of just being honest about it (like in the USSR times).

Everyone already knows, I doubt there is even 1 person in Russia or in the rest of the world that even believes this facade.

They are trying to sell to their population the illusion that this is how it works in every other country with elections, too.

[Deleted]

His GPS is probably off by only a few meters.

Pretty sure he uses GLONASS.

[Felya]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...s_balloons_in/

How many Russian election workers does it take to stuff ballots? 8 to stuff... and 1 to hold the balloons...

[tumppu]

If you love an authoritarian oligarch sure, lol

First time I see a Finn who likes Russia.

We still have a bunch of russia fans over here. Either left-over communists, or weirdos who think finland would "prosper" as a part of russia. They either have forgotten, or refuse to remember, that it was tried and did not work out.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

option 1.. Putin..

option 2.. Putin..

option 3.. execution..

option 4 Putin..

option 5 execution..

Decisions decisions..

[tumppu]

People are allowed to love an "authoritarian oligarch", if they want.
I'm not exactly a fan of Russia; I just don't have irrational fear towards Russia, either.

You wrote that wrong. People HAVE to love an authoritan oligarch, whether they actually like him or not. Because, hating on him often ends up being fatal.

And calling a dislike of russia or putin an "irrational fear" is pretty much what russiabots like to twist anything negative into. Well, that or "russophobia" and you managed to tick both boxes already.

[rda]

option 1.. Putin..

option 2.. Putin..

option 3.. execution..

option 4 Putin..

option 5 execution..

Decisions decisions..

Yup.

And then: but you yourself elected him, you had other options so you only have yourself to blame.

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By the way, below is the ballot.

I urge anyone who doesn't read Russian to try and guess which item is for Putin. You will succeed.

[Azadina]

option 1.. Putin..

option 2.. Putin..

option 3.. execution..

option 4 Putin..

option 5 execution..

Decisions decisions..

You can vote against him, as long as it's minor enough % of people doing it. After that it's the execution choice. Not really relevant distinction, but minor one anyway.

[Deleted]

Yup.

And then: but you yourself elected him, you had other options so you only have yourself to blame.

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By the way, below is the ballot.

I urge anyone who doesn't read Russian to try and guess which item is for Putin. You will succeed.

The 4th one, where there's almost no text, lol.

[Gaidax]

If people want them, here's various videos of ballot stuffing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dR9CXEYFEc

https://i.imgur.com/0kAk9QY.gifv

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...s_balloons_in/

https://twitter.com/Gulay_Pole

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...ns_in/dvx33dk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Honestly I am not sure why have they even bothered, I am pretty sure if they had to they'd release any numbers they see fit and nobody would be the wiser.

[Santti]

We still have a bunch of russia fans over here. Either left-over communists, or weirdos who think finland would "prosper" as a part of russia. They either have forgotten, or refuse to remember, that it was tried and did not work out.

Yeah, and we can see this prosperity in Karelia. Land stolen by USSR that we don't really even want anymore. Would be very expensive to modernize.

[LaserSharkDFB]

They are trying to sell to their population the illusion that this is how it works in every other country with elections, too.

Basically this. He's normalizing the idea that democracies don't work, something that he's been working on at a global scale as well.

[Deleted]

You can cut the bullshit, we got enough evidence the Russian army in Ukraine was involved. Only Wilders voters buy that sort of shit here.
Russia is the most disliked country among non-Wilders voters here for a reason.

You ain't got shit, u make claims out of thin air.

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If people want them, here's various videos of ballot stuffing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dR9CXEYFEc

https://i.imgur.com/0kAk9QY.gifv

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...s_balloons_in/

https://twitter.com/Gulay_Pole

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/commen...ns_in/dvx33dk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

You realize these are all fake?

[Gref]

Wow after seeing all the shit I am actually proud of myself. At least we fought so hard that erdogan had to order electoral committe to change the election ruless and pull a 2 million illegal votes out of thin air before the counting finished. at least i have seen the fear on erdogans face on stage before he pulled that 2 million votes. thus won by 48.6 to 51.4 . otherwise he lost it although he controlled all the media and money.
people who voted "no" did it by themselves. from their own pockets.

that picture with food on table on previous page is just sad. wtf people.