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Firewood, Appliances and Concert Tickets: Russia Offers Incentives to Vote
Newsweek ^ | March 15, 2024 | Jon Jackson and Kaitlin Lewis

Posted on 03/15/2024 8:19:34 PM PDT by canuck_conservative

Russia's three-day presidential election began on Friday, and some Western analysts have said the Kremlin is concerned about low voter turnout. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to win by a large margin in what is considered by many to be a rigged election, his office is reportedly concerned that a smaller-than-expected turnout could lend credence to the argument that the contest is illegitimate.

The Moscow Times on Thursday detailed how Russia is attempting to lure citizens to the polling stations with prizes like bags of sugar and concert tickets. In Omsk, a city in Siberia, some young voters will be offered free rides on the local Ferris wheel.

Ukraine's military intelligence agency (GUR) told The Kyiv Independent that its officials hacked into one of Russia's online voting systems and disrupted the election process on Friday. A spokesperson with the agency added: "There are no elections or democracy there anyway."

Disruptions were also reported at a number of physical polling locations after some residents appeared to protest Russia's election. Some ballots were destroyed after demonstrators poured dark-colored dye into ballot boxes in several cities, including at locations in Moscow and Crimea. Another Russian media outlet reported that a woman was detained in Saint Petersburg for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling site....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: dictatorship; election; fake; hunkamaximus; jonjackson; kaitlinlewis; preplanned; rigged; riggedelection; weaknews
Vote for Putin!

Get a free bowl of porridge!

1 posted on 03/15/2024 8:19:34 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative
Vote for Putin!

Or you can just cancel the elections, like Ukraine did last month.

2 posted on 03/15/2024 8:33:19 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: canuck_conservative

Philadelphia Elections

Chicago Elections

Atlanta Elections

and we are supposed to be all lathered up about Russian Elections.


3 posted on 03/15/2024 8:33:45 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush
and we are supposed to be all lathered up about Russian Elections.

Hey - a lot of dumb Ukrainian cannon fodder died in Belgorod to make a big deal about the Russian elections.

Into the guns, dear Ukie friends!
Into the guns once more!
For Little Vloddy and his new dacha in Monaco!!

4 posted on 03/15/2024 8:36:56 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Krynky doink?)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman; canuck_conservative

What Ukraine election doink?


5 posted on 03/15/2024 8:37:50 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Krynky doink?)
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To: kiryandil

The hubris of Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Grant Shapps and others bathed in Ukrainian blood.


6 posted on 03/15/2024 8:41:06 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: kiryandil



7 posted on 03/15/2024 8:58:50 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: canuck_conservative

State sponsored immigration, food stamps, housing, debit cards, cell phones, Healthcare, and transportation, for Democrat votes in America if you vote for Biden.


8 posted on 03/15/2024 9:00:58 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: canuck_conservative
ACKCHYUALLY, it's so The Putin can send another 300,000 of your Banderite buddies to their deaths.  
9 posted on 03/15/2024 9:08:37 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Krynky doink?)
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To: canuck_conservative

Posts from Turdeaux’s leading snow Nazi. You must really hate yourself in the still hours of early morning when it is dark and quiet and you are alone with yourself.


10 posted on 03/15/2024 9:09:13 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Nextrush

Macron is losing it.


11 posted on 03/15/2024 9:09:16 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Krynky doink?)
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To: Nextrush

At least our voters get Newports and 40s. Better than the Russian crap.


13 posted on 03/15/2024 9:53:21 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: canuck_conservative

Firewood. Hmmm.
“I told myself it was beneath my dignity to arrest a man for pilfering firewood. But nothing ordered by the Party is beneath the dignity of any man. And the Party was right: one man desperate for a bit of fuel is pathetic; five million people desperate for fuel will destroy a city. “ —from Dr Zhivago

What about a man desperate for votes! Maybe Biden should offer the same.


14 posted on 03/16/2024 9:34:23 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Great quote there from Doctor Zhivago.


15 posted on 03/16/2024 9:36:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: canuck_conservative

No chicken in every pot? There must be a shortage of eggs…


16 posted on 03/16/2024 8:05:48 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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