🚨(We should view this as a warning)1/"The Kremlin recognize the serious threat posed by growing resentment in Russia’s regions. Golos, Russia’s foremost independent election monitor, has noted some of the more obvious recent manipulations meant to maintain the Kremlin’s control"
https://twitter.com/freedomhouse/status/1304462717227618305
2/"...including adding unknown candidates and candidates with duplicate names to the ballot presumably to split and spoil the opposition vote; downplaying the brand of Putin’s United Russia party, which has seen its public support decline to around 32%." foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/10/put…
3/"During the 2018 presidential election which Putin won handily, Shpilkin saw that the data showed numerous polling stations reporting turnout percentages ending in 0 or 5, suggesting, per his widely cited analysis, that almost 10 million votes were falsified at the ballot box."
4/And, of course, we know the Kremlin poised Navalny last month:
"The updated 'results' are fake and a huge lie," said opposition politician Aleksei Navalny,"They have nothing in common with the opinion of Russia's citizens." rferl.org/a/election-mon…
"The updated 'results' are fake and a huge lie," said opposition politician Aleksei Navalny,"They have nothing in common with the opinion of Russia's citizens." rferl.org/a/election-mon…
5/Our media needs to take a look at Putin and realize that this is who Trump's getting his cues and re-election ideas from. This is not a regular election. Putin changed their constitution to stay in power until 2036. 53 Days until election day. Focus, media, we need ya.
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