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minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·3 个月前Ukraine had an election. They elected Zelenskiy. Russia has sham elections that are fraught with ballot stuffing. Russia installed several Nazis in the areas they occupied.
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-23 个月前They elected Zelensky then immediately outlawed all communist parties, outlawed protesting, outlawed strikes, postponed elections… real democracy vibes.
minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 个月前 Russia has sham elections that are fraught with ballot stuffing. Russia installed several Nazis in the areas they occupied. Do you have anything to back this up?
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 个月前Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky were both very clearly Nazis and both were installed by Russia. https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/jewish-groups-condemn-anti-semitic-remarks-by-rebel-leaders-in-ukraine As for ballot stuffing: https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-elections-voting-vladimir-putin-1a072af8580b05b134bd22df95a5ae83 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/19/494549560/putins-united-russia-party-wins-big-in-election-some-ballot-stuffing-seen https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/20/fraud-violations-and-pressure-election-observers-describe-russian-2024-presidential-vote-a84508 Anybody claiming that was a legitimate election is not arguing in good faith.
Ukraine had an election. They elected Zelenskiy.
Russia has sham elections that are fraught with ballot stuffing.
Russia installed several Nazis in the areas they occupied.
They elected Zelensky then immediately outlawed all communist parties, outlawed protesting, outlawed strikes, postponed elections… real democracy vibes.
Do you have anything to back this up?
Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky were both very clearly Nazis and both were installed by Russia.
https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/jewish-groups-condemn-anti-semitic-remarks-by-rebel-leaders-in-ukraine
As for ballot stuffing:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-elections-voting-vladimir-putin-1a072af8580b05b134bd22df95a5ae83
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/19/494549560/putins-united-russia-party-wins-big-in-election-some-ballot-stuffing-seen
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/20/fraud-violations-and-pressure-election-observers-describe-russian-2024-presidential-vote-a84508
Anybody claiming that was a legitimate election is not arguing in good faith.