Mr Putin remains the only candidate to be able to register as a candidate.
He doesn't even try to pretend anymore.
that insurrectionist trump so jelly rn
at least pull a Sisi and have some unknowns on the ballot.
Seems like Putin will get all 132% of the votes this time, since he will be the only one on the ballots.
Reporter: "Mr. Putin, how is it possible that you got 132% of the vote?"
Putin: "It is merely the byproduct of our superiour domestic mathematical sciences. The numbers are simply greater than the ones produced by foreign-made axioms. Do think of all of the great achievements our mathematicians have done over centuries, such as proving the Poincaré conjecture."
Reporter: (gasp) "Your ballot results were tabulated by Grigori Perelman?"
Putin: "No, we looked at his qualifications but we figured he was out of our reach, unfortunately. We had the results tabulated by some other weird mathematician with a massive case of cabin fever. We saved a lot of taxpayer money this way."
You see, only 39% of the population voted. 95% of the people who voted, voted for Putin. So if you extrapolate that out to the entire population, you get 37% + 95% = 132%. With math like that you can't lose!
In Soviet Russia, the election qualifies for you!
In America, voters choose president. In Soviet Russia, president chooses voters!
** Republicans vigorously taking notes ** 🤤
Where ya at, tankies?
They're probably saying she's a Nazi
Why would tankies defend this, Russia isn't communist.
Neither are tankies.
The result of an election is so much more predictable if the candidate name on the form has a strict validation to "Putin".
One of the elections where blank votes matter the most
Ha. ha. ha.
No, I was totally after voiting for her, and was in a pool of her initial signings. But having that toothless candidate who's just for the peaceful sky and everything being nice, and progressive, just declined,
a candidate that could've been collected like 5% on votes in march,
it shows, how fragile and scared these apparatchiks, or rather chekists are.
They want none even questioning war. They fear Tikhanovskaya 2.0, everyone cooperating against the regime under one, any banner, their campaign as a general protest. Just as a possibility.
I don't feel like her campaign could do that much, or even a fraction of what fearless, furious belarusian bastards did in 2020 before russian corps got involved
(and you need to fucking note it, and pay for the first round for them if you meet any),
but even that little is scary to them. And it speaks volumes more than any queries into public opinion done in decaying police state with a raging propaganda.
I don't want to be too positive about that and say tis' are bad news, but also a slight promise of good news, or something. At many points before like in 2011 I hoped that's the time the straw would break a donkey's back, and they just kept on going.
But she's no Navalny, no Nemtsov, just a nobody, and they shut her off. And it means something.
Do not worry comrade. If uncle putin dont like her then she probably stand too close to window.
I wonder if he even knows about her. Guy's like stuck in the ninghties, and everything he gets is in printed papers. There's a doubt someone even said to him she exists.
And defenestration is too far in her roadmap, still. She didn't even said any ugly words like 'war', or even 'lustration'. Duntsova has much to do to claim her out-of-the-window voyage. And, still, got denied.
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I prefer that upstart young firebrand, Mr. Nitup!
Fucking Nitup!
Typical. Next he'll float the hope that he's ready to negotiate.
Anyone notice how the news of Navalny disappearing just ... disappeared as well?
Oh there's still some stuff around. Seems like the Russian courts have cleared their schedules of all things Navalny. But, there isn't a lot. Gone Baby Gone.
I wonder what it’s like to live in a country where one group tries to take the opposition off the ballot?
I wonder what it’s like to live in a country where a bunch of idiots can’t see what a traitorous bastard their favorite fat ass bumbling bitch of a candidate is.
Tagged "highly susceptible to propaganda"
Yeah, like the Republicans who brought the lawsuit in Colorado... cause ya know, that was Republicans trying to block trump.
Captain big brain over here with the very smart username
What does the 14th amendment say? Why can’t Arnold be President? We have rules and laws.
I wonder what it's like to support a candidate who disqualifies himself by violating the Constitution he once swore to uphold?
The orange insurrectionist fucked around. Let him find out.
Troll.
Tell me you failed civics class without telling me you failed civics class.
Hey, we could be like Russia in other ways and let a criminal run for president repeatedly.
Awwww, it's trying to form coherent thoughts! Keep trying, little buddy! Some day you might find two neurons to rub together!
wow i am just utterly shocked
Shocked! Shocked I say!
Meh I'm glad I'm not Russian but hey man, people be crazy over there
Maybe she forgot the semicolon. Jokes aside I hope her appeal gets approved.
There generally aren't happy endings for Russian leaders. So there's that.
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