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.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t feel bad for the Russian people.

    They deserve this shit for putting up with this year after year as they could clearly see him grabbing more and more power. If they revolted against him 10 or even 15 years ago when he had a fraction of the power that he does now, it never would have gotten so bad and this pointless war in Ukraine might have never happened.

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      1 year ago

      “It’s the abusee’s fault for putting up with them”.

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        1 year ago

        It is when you’re talking about a nation. Putin rules by consent of the governed, they can revoke it