Posted on 03/14/2024 10:37:32 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
Ukrainians living in regions illegally annexed by Russia are being coerced to vote in the presidential election of their wartime occupier, Vladimir Putin — an exercise denounced by Ukraine as an illegitimate effort by Moscow to tighten control over its neighbor.
Polls don't open in Russia until Friday, but they are open in four annexed regions of Ukraine close to the front line, some of which are not fully in Putin’s control.
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In the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, said his city was a symbol of Russia’s “military nightmare” and of an “electoral process in ruins.” He said a woman “accompanied by two Chechen military men with machine guns” showed up at his neighbor’s apartment with a ballot box and made clear that voting was not optional.
There have been multiple reports of Russian-installed authorities forcing people to vote, and threatening to withhold medical care or other social benefits from those who do not. More than two dozen Ukrainians who refused to vote have been arrested, according to human rights activists.
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Would they be able to vote in Ukraine at all?
Oh yeah, that “more democratic” regime cancelled elections.
It's amusing to watch Chaddie get his panties in a wad over Eastern European politics, eh, Darksheare?
At least Ruzzia has rigged elections.
Zelensky has cancelled Ukraine Elections.
Selectively in a wad no less
Americans living under Biden Regime occupation are coerced to give money to Ukraine Nazis.
Yep - nary a whisper from AllCommieBums News about the cancelled Ukrainian "elections", as you pointed out.
Remember, the press insists that ukraine is a “masterclass on democracy”.
So cancelled elections are apparently a good thing according to them.
"During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vadym Boychenko left the city and provided regular updates to the outside world concerning the Siege of Mariupol from Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia"
I guess that the AllCommieBums propagandists for Ukraine forgot to update us on where Vadym Boychenko is, exactly...
All you need is a guy like Joe The Frontman.
Ten percent or no money back, call Creepy Joe today!
Good thing that the Ukrainians under the CIA Zelensky Regime can vote! Wait.....
BS! My grandmother’s family if from the Dneiperpetrovsk area. They have been pro-Russian since the wall fell. Russia has had a prosperous and thriving economy and is politically stable . Ukraine is a corrupt Kleptocracy whose oligarchs have raped the people for western monies. . There are many in the East who hold this opinion
The only reason I can see that they might not vote for Putin is that he took so long to liberate them. Should have done it in 2014.
The majority were thrilled to become part of the Russian Federation and thankful to Putin for liberating them.
This propaganda isn't the least bit believable.
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- Ukraine is suffering from a growing military manpower crisis in addition to a lack of arms and ammunition;
- Trained military manpower takes up to half a year to produce, new brigade-sized units can take up to 30 months to stand up;
- Ukraine and its Western sponsors simply cannot produce trained military manpower faster than Russia is removing it from the battlefield;
- This leaves the collective West with the choice of either accepting it has lost its proxy war with Russia, or attempting to intervene more directly;
Zeeper: “Russia’s elections are so undemocratic and unfair”.
Your source ?
The same Regime Media that told us the 2020 Election was the safest and most secure ever. And told us Biden got 81 million votes !
Now...no one in Ukraine is allowed to vote...no one...Zelensky is nothing less than a dictator.
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