Genuinely curious. Where have that 12 percent gone if there’s no opposition allowed ? Does the state just make up a number ? Or are spoiled ballots counted .. ? …
@maitlis You don't actually think they count all the ballets do you Emily?
@maitlis Putin should be calling for a recount, and if I were the returning officer I’d be hiding somewhere in Siberia for a few months!
@maitlis A proper dictator would go for 101%. Coward.
@maitlis I expected a 102% success and nobody to question that at all
@maitlis The allow candidates from the structural - tamed - opposition.
@maitlis Probably commenting on credible opposition, but as reported they are banned, in exile, in prison or they have had the misfortune of having an accident. Accidentally falling out of windows is popular I hear!!
@maitlis The fact is he IS popular and it IS for a reason...to understand WHY you'd need a knowledge of recent Russian history; having actual experience of the pre-/post-Soviet Russian lived experience would assist even further....
@maitlis Is the UK really in a position to lecture anyone on democracy currently?...