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minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThere was no democracy in Russia at any point in time. Putin was placed in charge to restore USSR, and he didn’t win by chance. North Korea also has elections, so does Iran, Belarus, the difference is that we always know who will win.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI’m not sure where you got that from, but no, Putin won three* free and fair elections, one as PM and two as president. *My memory is iffy so it could be that his reelection as president wasn’t a fair election, but the preceding two were.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago one as PM and two as president The reason he flipped between PM and president was that the Russian constitution prohibited consecutive terms in either position, so he alternated with his peg-boy Medvedev while remaining the real supreme power.
There was no democracy in Russia at any point in time. Putin was placed in charge to restore USSR, and he didn’t win by chance.
North Korea also has elections, so does Iran, Belarus, the difference is that we always know who will win.
I’m not sure where you got that from, but no, Putin won three* free and fair elections, one as PM and two as president.
*My memory is iffy so it could be that his reelection as president wasn’t a fair election, but the preceding two were.
The reason he flipped between PM and president was that the Russian constitution prohibited consecutive terms in either position, so he alternated with his peg-boy Medvedev while remaining the real supreme power.