Occupied Ukraine encouraged to vote in Russian election by armed men
www.bbc.com
Pro-Russian officials - backed by armed men - are urging people in occupied Ukraine to vote.

Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9945668

One resident complained of pro-Russian collaborators with ballot boxes going from house to house looking for voters accompanied by armed soldiers.

Vladimir Putin will certainly win another term of office, but a high turnout would help the Kremlin’s efforts to legitimise his continued rule.

It would also be used to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

  • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    USA: vote for either of these rich old men

    China: these rich old men will vote for each other

    Russia: neighbor, vote for our rich old man or we will shoot you

    • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Australia: voting is compulsory, but you can just draw a dick on the ballot if you want.

      • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Europe: vote in a bazillion different levels of governance and still it’s the same old rich people who decide what happens

    • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Well technically, since the US has the electoral college, the US is what you wrote down is China.

      But that aside, one of Chomsky’s books or something from the 80’s discussed exactly that difference. Or was it Slavoj Zizek? Anyway.

      How in the US, there’s an illusion of choice, but how in Russia, there’s only the one option. Both Americans and Russians have equally much agency, but the Americans want to believe it isn’t true for them, whereas Russians are bored of pretending it’s not true for them.

      Or something. Memory fails.