@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 9 months agoPutin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election with 88% of the vote, early results showwww.politico.eumessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1838cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareThePowerOfGeeklinkfedilinkEnglish66•9 months agoIf he’s going to lie he should lie big, like his pal in North Korea. Tell everyone he won with 189% of the total votes. Nobody outside his cult is going to believe him either way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•9 months agoMakes it easier for those liking Russia to pretend though. I think that’s the point.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoIt’s also polling for the government to give an idea of public sentiment.
If he’s going to lie he should lie big, like his pal in North Korea. Tell everyone he won with 189% of the total votes. Nobody outside his cult is going to believe him either way.
Makes it easier for those liking Russia to pretend though. I think that’s the point.
It’s also polling for the government to give an idea of public sentiment.
In Russia, the magic number is 146%.