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EU president congratulates Putin on ‘landslide’ win … as Russian voting kicks off (www.politico.eu)
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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They don't give a shit. The elections are for ambitious people in Russia to think "if I'm the next Navalny, I can beat him!". This illusion stops those ambitious people from an actual revolution and is a huge part of a dictatorship.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 months ago

You're right that they don't give a fuck, but I don't think the reasoning really runs that deep.

If you have an election, no matter how corrupt or coerced, then any assertion that you're an autocratic dictator is an "opinion" requiring evidence to support it.

This way, it says democracy on the tin, so everyone will behave as though it is that, despite no one buying it.