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Representatives of Czechia and Estonia will not be in attendance for Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming presidential inauguration, the foreign ministers of the respective countries confirmed on May 5. Russia's most recent presidential election has been internationally recognized as rigged by the Kremlin. Credible opposition politicians were not permitted to run in the election. Czechia and Estonia join the United Kingdom, Canada, Latvia, and Lithuania in boycotting the inauguration schedule to be held in Moscow on May 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. Other Western allies, ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The March 15-17 presidential election was the most rigged in Russia's modern history, according to evidence published by election experts, observers, and media. Estimates of vote rigging range from at least 22 million votes to about 31.6 million votes, without taking into account the online voting and the election at gunpoint in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. If these results are included, voting fraud could have amounted to up to around 40 million votes, or 46% of the people who allegedly voted. The evidence for voting fraud included video footage from polling stations and a mathematical ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The media has been filled with coverage of the Russian presidential election that took place this weekend. Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted 87% of the vote – a number that hardly came as a surprise amid widespread criticism that the election was neither free nor fair. Even before the election began in Russia, European Council President Charles Michel wrote: “Would like to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his landslide victory in the elections starting today. No opposition. No freedom. No choice.” This year, the Russian presidential election was held in two countries: Russia and...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin easily cruised to victory in an election ruled neither free nor fair, solidifying his grip on power for another six years. Russia's Central Election Commission awarded Putin with 87.2% of the vote in an election that was widely seen as tightly controlled and without the participation of any meaningful opposition. Western leaders have characterized the vote as fundamentally unfair. Yet, they have stopped short of officially declaring that they will not recognize the results, and Putin as president. While saying there was "nothing free or fair" about the election...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
There was “nothing free or fair” about Vladimir Putin’s presidential election victory, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on March 18, highlighting the extreme lengths the Kremlin went to to get the result it needed. Speaking at a press briefing at the White House, Sullivan said the Russian president “closed the political space, imprisoned political opponents and some of his political opponents died tragically.” “Therefore, there was nothing free or fair about these elections,” he added. Read also: Putin holds rally on Red Square following elections, promises to continue the war...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin restated his goals for the full-scale war in Ukraine, celebrated his electoral "victory," and threatened the West again in comments made on March 18 after the end of Russia's pseudo-democratic presidential election. Putin easily coasted to victory in a highly managed presidential election that concluded on March 17. Any meaningful opposition candidates were prevented from participating in the election, which Adrienne Watson, a spokesperson for U.S. President Joe Biden’s National Security Council, said was "obviously not free nor fair," in comments cited by the ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is "afraid of justice" and "must end up" at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening address on March 17. "He is afraid of only one thing – justice,” Zelensky said. "(Putin) must end up in The Hague. That is what we must ensure, everyone in the world who values life and integrity." Zelensky's address comes as Russia held its third and last day of presidential elections, with the voting being far from free and fair. According to preliminary data, Putin gained 87% of the vote. Putin, who has ruled R...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Russian authorities on March 15-17 held a presidential election in two countries – Russia and the regions of Ukraine brutally occupied by the Kremlin. The voting was neither free nor fair, with the result known in advance. In the occupied areas, voting was held illegally at gunpoint. In Russia, the elections were no less of a farce. The Kremlin's monopoly on television and print ensured that Putin's critics would have no say in the election. Opposition politicians were not allowed to run, being either denied registration or killed in jail. Those permitted to run alongside Russian President Vla...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The governor of Russia's Samara Oblast reported on March 16 that two Rosneft oil refineries in the area were targeted by Ukrainian drones, resulting in no casualties but leaving one facility on fire. Ukraine has launched a concerted effort to degrade Russia’s oil production capabilities, targeting refineries across the country. Earlier this week, oil refineries were attacked in Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Leningrad oblasts. The facilities hit by Ukrainian drones in the past days account for about 12% of Russia’s oil-processing capacity, Bloomberg reported. The Volga river region's Syzran refi...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
For global audiences watching Moscow’s tightly-choreographed “election-style event” this weekend, Russia appears to be a country transformed – a militarized society where dissent is simply no longer tolerated. But the truth is that in the two years since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, for the majority, life in Russia has continued largely as normal. Despite Western sanctions, cafes are full and shopping malls are open. On Saturday nights, there are cocktails, 90s disco pop-ups, and immersive VR art shows. Now that the shock of the invasion has dissipated and the threa...
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