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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| With voting underway in the Russian presidential elections, the authorities seem to want to make them even more unfair by handing mobilisation orders to election observers at polling stations |
| 2023-09-12 |
| [X thread] The intended message is pretty clear: if you do anything to try to ensure free and fair elections in Russia, you'll be sent to fight and possibly die in Ukraine. Also: Will the real Vakhtin stand up? SOTA highlights an absurd situation in Russia's regional elections — a ballot paper on which six candidates of the same surname are listed, in an apparent effort to bury the real challenger to the United Russia candidate. |
| Posted by:Enver Slager8035 |