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Ukraine’s MFA urges media not to call Russia’s “farce” as “elections”; over 55 countries condemn vote in occupied areas

Ukraine urged not using "elections" for Russia's events, as Ukraine and over 55 countries denounced the voting in Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas as invalid and illegitimate.

byYuri Zoria

Website for voting in the Russian presidential election

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Russian online voting systems hacked by Ukrainian intel

Although Russian officials attributed the "interruptions to a large number of people wanting to vote," the source claims that the HUR’s cyber operation caused the disruption.

byIryna Voichuk

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British Intel: Occupation authorities force Ukrainians into sham Russian presidential vote

Russian occupying authorities increase their push for residents to vote in presidential election polls. In Luhansk, 2,600 Russian officials have been tasked with visiting homes and pressuring residents to participate in the Kremlin's illegal voting exercise.

byMaria Tril

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Russian occupation authorities offer money to pensioners in occupied Ukraine for votes in Russian elections

In the upcoming Russian presidential elections, occupation forces are offering pensioners in occupied territories of Ukraine 5,000 rubles ($55) for their votes, aiming to boost turnout, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported.

byIryna Voichuk

Russian election on Ukrainian territories

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Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied Ukraine, violating Ukrainian Constitution

Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets called on world to condemn the illegal elections, Russia is preparing in four Ukrainian oblasts occupied by Russian forces

byMaria Tril

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UK intel: Russia to extend voting to Ukraine’s occupied areas to legitimize invasion

Russian authorities will extend unfair and controlled 2024 presidential election voting to occupied Ukrainian territories in an effort to legitimize its invasion through rigged pro-Russian results, per UK intelligence.

byYuri Zoria

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Danilov warns of possible total mobilization in Russia after 2024 presidential election

Ukraine's NSDC Secretary Oleksii Danilov stated that Ukraine and the international community have only 3-4 months to prepare for increased Russian aggression following the Russian presidential election on 17 March 2024.

byIryna Voichuk

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British intel: Putin ramps up public appearances ahead of 2024 election

Putin's recent visit to Rostov-on-Don and meeting there with a Russian general, along with a planned press conference, indicate preparations for the elections, the UK intel said.

byMaria Tril

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British intel: Putin to avoid unpopular moves ahead of re-election bid

The Kremlin may postpone any new mobilization drives until after Russia's March 2024 presidential vote, as new call-up could prove politically damaging.

byMaria Tril

Police arresting Putin opposition protesters in Moscow, Russia. May 6, 2012. The rally participants are protesting against Vladimir Putin’s new term as the Russian president. (Image: TASS)

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Russian opposition shows it doesn’t understand situation, Pastukhov says

Since the recent Russian Duma election, some members of the Russian opposition have tied themselves in knots with…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russian gas, German elections, and US sanctions

Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Putin’s party won less than a third of the vote and not the nearly half reported, Shpilkin says

Had there not been massive falsification of the vote in the Russian Duma elections, Putin’s United Russia party…

byPaul A. Goble

Advertising for the Russian elections in Donetsk (Source: RFE/RL)

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Russian Aggression

Russian elections in Ukraine’s Donbas: Annexing people before annexing territory

The voting in the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DNR, LNR) marked the first time that local residents—legally…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

A Russian election advertisement in Transnistria, Moldova (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny currently imprisoned by the Putin regime is seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing in June, 2021. (Photo: TASS)

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Kremlin’s panic over “smart voting” ends any prospect election will be viewed as legitimate, Pastukhov says

The Kremlin recognizes this, the London-based Russian analyst says; and that explains why its reaction has not been…

byPaul A. Goble

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War in Donbas

Russia shuttles residents of occupied Donbas to vote in Duma elections amid accelerated passportization

Mass passportization Preparations for the State Duma Elections elections in the occupied part of the Donbas kicked off…

byYuri Zoria

Alexei Navalny in prison, 2021 (Photo: www.instagram.com/navalny)

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The Russian elections and hidden regionalist politics

The 20-year-old ban on regional-level political parties, put in place when President Vladimir Putin came to power in…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Kremlin planning to avoid transition of power, not to arrange it, Shklyarov says

There are at least two reasons why the Kremlin is working to avoid any transition of power from…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin icons for sale in Russia for 600 rubles (10 dollars). Image: newsland.com

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Putin says Russia ‘ruled by God’ and presents Russians as victims of Holocaust

Many of Vladimir Putin’s supporters only ten days ago were expressing concern that he had not launched his…

byPaul A. Goble

Soldiers of the National Guard of Russia (aka Russian Guard), a 500,000-strong internal security structure subordinated to Putin personally

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10 things about what the Kremlin is calling an “election”

Aleksey Shaburov, a Yekaterinburg commentator, says that people are making a mistake treating the March 2018 voting as…

byPaul A. Goble