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Duma elections: how the Kremlin builds electoral fiction without forging ballots
Russian "election" results for the Duma do not reflect public sentiment but show Putin's apparatus's skill at creating the appearance of democracy. Instead of ballot fraud, the methods include manipulating voter lists, eliminating opposition, and controlling turnout, creating political "Potemkin villages". Results are predetermined; the entire process serves to legitimize power domestically and internationally.
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