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Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:29 pm
by Turdacious
This appears to be a pretty standard analysis from a Western perspective:
ON THE face of it, Vladimir Putin got everything he wanted. On September 18th his United Russia party won a thumping three-quarters majority in the parliamentary elections. There were no protests of the sort that marred its last victory in the Duma five years ago. The president called this a sign of stability and trust in his party.
It is anything but that. The Kremlin made every effort to ensure the elections were as sterile and low-profile as possible. It banned and harassed genuine opposition parties and their leaders. And it persuaded many that nothing depended on voters. The official turnout was 48%—the lowest ever in the history of Russian elections. This average included several ethnic regions, such as Chechnya and Dagestan, where the turnout was an improbably high 80% or more. In the largest cities, such as Moscow and St Petersburg, only a third of voters cast their ballots, down from two-thirds five years ago. Alexei Navalny, an opposition politician who led the protests in 2011 and was barred from taking part in this election, told his followers: “You have not lost because this was not an election.”
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21 ... -touch-his
How did it look behind the Iron Curtain?
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:21 pm
by Wild Bill
I voted for Putin :)
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:35 pm
by Wild Bill
" It banned and harassed genuine opposition parties and their leaders."
There no any real opposition. I mostly don't even know who a they. They all fail exact moment they speak something on TV.
So Putin just let them openly speak, and thats all over, they are failed.
And Navalniy, the most known of them, he did tremendous fails.
1. He educated in American university :)
2. As new American consul arrived, Navalniy immediately went to meet with him to congratulate with appoinment. I just can't explain the whole size of this fail.
3. He openly approved gay parades.
4. He is a thief.
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:39 pm
by Wild Bill
I at first liked Navalniy when he just appeared on the scene, but then... he never will be any significant opposition, that is fact.
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:41 am
by Gene
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:44 am
by Gene
Wild Bill wrote:2. As new American consul arrived, Navalniy immediately went to meet with him to congratulate with appoinment. I just can't explain the whole size of this fail.
Doesn't get any better than that..... did he bother to think before he pulled such a stupid stunt?
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:45 am
by Wild Bill
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:48 am
by Gene
Donald Trump has a friend in Russia...
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Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:49 am
by Gene
Mr. Zhironovski looks like he's going to take a bite out of someone's face.
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:12 am
by Wild Bill
Gene wrote:Wild Bill wrote:2. As new American consul arrived, Navalniy immediately went to meet with him to congratulate with appoinment. I just can't explain the whole size of this fail.
did he bother to think before he pulled such a stupid stunt?
Other oppositioneers "Parnas" (people's freedom party).
They "asked the Ukrainian leadership’s permission to campaign in the Crimea."
http://the-newspapers.com/2016/08/15/pa ... the-crimea
... if the party Parnas considers Crimea part of Ukraine, why it requests permission to participate on the Peninsula in the Duma elections in Russia? If Crimea is Russian, then why submit a petition to the Ukrainians?
That was just political suicide.
And the same with others.
The feeling, they are live somewhere else, not in Russia, they just do not understand (or do not cares) what Russians will think about their words or actions.
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:13 am
by Wild Bill
Gene wrote:Donald Trump has a friend in Russia...
They are similar in some ways :)
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:29 pm
by Gene
Wild Bill wrote:
And what have you done for the State Department?
Damn that is some harsh stuff!
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:09 pm
by seeahill
Thanks for your insights, Bill.
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:47 am
by Wild Bill
Gene wrote:Wild Bill wrote:
And what have you done for the State Department?
Damn that is some harsh stuff!
Его, беднягу, вообще не очень любят, постоянно то "Овальный", то "Анальный".
Re: Russia and teh 2016 Duma election
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:38 pm
by Gene
Sure he doesn't like it, Bill? How long was Navalny in Europe? They do strange things there to each other.