3/18/2018, 10:25 pm
[img]/images/various_uploads/Russian_Election_2018.jpg[/img]
The Russian election today was glorious. The only viable candidate has always been Putin. While four or five other candidates have been allowed to run, it was made sure that not one of them goes into double digits.
The only more or less serious competitor, Navalny, was not allowed to run and he called for everyone to boycott the election.
Everybody knew in advance that Putin would be elected anyway. The boycott would not prevent him from winning, but low numbers would undermine his legitimacy. That is why voting or not voting was the difference between supporting Putin or opposing him.
Russians have been exchanging memes and funny videos about this situation for a few months now.
Here are just some of them, translated (by me) from the glorious Mother Tongue to the imperialist and militaristic American English.
[img]/images/various_uploads/Ballot_2018_Putin.jpg[/img]
Russian government hackers have been able to hack pregnancy test devices.
[img]/images/various_uploads/Russian_Election_Pregnancy_Test.jpg[/img]
The Russian election today was glorious. The only viable candidate has always been Putin. While four or five other candidates have been allowed to run, it was made sure that not one of them goes into double digits.
The only more or less serious competitor, Navalny, was not allowed to run and he called for everyone to boycott the election.
Everybody knew in advance that Putin would be elected anyway. The boycott would not prevent him from winning, but low numbers would undermine his legitimacy. That is why voting or not voting was the difference between supporting Putin or opposing him.
Russians have been exchanging memes and funny videos about this situation for a few months now.
Here are just some of them, translated (by me) from the glorious Mother Tongue to the imperialist and militaristic American English.
[img]/images/various_uploads/Ballot_2018_Putin.jpg[/img]
Russian government hackers have been able to hack pregnancy test devices.
[img]/images/various_uploads/Russian_Election_Pregnancy_Test.jpg[/img]
