Russian President Vladimir Putin can choose not to hold presidential elections next year because he will “obviously” win re-election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late Sunday.

  • @[email protected]
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    291 year ago

    Not having elections would make it more transparent to what is going on though. It should not be in Putin’s favour to just stop having them. Maybe he can’t afford the bill of having one this time.

    • @dogslayeggs
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      31 year ago

      There is also the added cost of rigging all those machines and stuffing the ballot boxes.