The Kremlin’s Sham Elections Manufacture Legitimacy in Occupied Ukraine

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The Kremlin’s Sham Elections Manufacture Legitimacy in Occupied Ukraine

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Ukraine@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

The Kremlin used its staged and manufactured 2026 State Duma elections in occupied Ukraine as a de facto referendum on Russian occupation.

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