“With Russia’s 2024 presidential election scheduled to take place this weekend, dictator Vladimir Putin’s path to a fifth term as president is all but certain. Thanks to constitutional reforms pushed by Putin himself, he will be eligible to run for an additional two six-year terms, guaranteeing his position as ruler for life.
“Coming just one month after the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny — almost certainly at the direction of Putin — these Potemkin elections testify to the rotten core of Putin’s autocracy. But rather than wallow in pessimism about the country’s bleak future, this election should be used by pro-democracy voices inside and outside of Russia to trigger new strategies to counter Putin’s authoritarianism — particularly online. …”
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