Time: Moscow's Elections Show Putin Is Losing the War at Home
Russian liberals are celebrating the relative success of the Communist Party and other Kremlin-friendly quasi-opposition parties in the elections to the Moscow city council on Sunday as an almost revolutionary breakthrough — but it takes some unpacking to explain why. Candidates from these parties gained around 20 out of 45 seats in the council; meanwhile the ruling United Russia party, which supports Russian President Vladimir Putin, only just retained a majority, losing about 13 seats in the city council (from the current 38 down to just 25).
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WNU Editor: Forget about Moscow, the outer regions are definitely not happy with what happened in local elections this weekend .... Protest Erupts in Far East Russia After Pro-Kremlin Candidate's Victory (Moscow Times).
Update: Analysis is true .... Losses for Vladimir Putin’s United Russia in Moscow election put down a marker for the future (The Conversation)
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I think the thing that broke his neck is his chosen, fabricated animosity with the west. What for, mad man? We want the same for Russians as for ourselves. Freedom. Happiness. Access to well and fair paid jobs. Good education. Healthcare. All of that.
What we don't want is confrontation where there shouldn't be any. This cold war mentality. .told you months ago it was the wrong bet.
Parrot,listening? :p
People don't want corruption and if you let them vote you're gone with the wind. So you either go full Venezuela or become a nation that stands with us and we build and share riches together. That simple. No conspiracy. No capitalism vs communism. These are just abstracts. People first and the leaders who support this will win in a free world. And the world will be free and everyone opposing this natural and irreversible development is just betting on the wrong horse because free people will never wear shackles again. Something the Chinese party will learn next, is learning now. Scrambling. Hong Kong now. Mainland next.
Change is in the air. Kim Jong Un is next. unless the people think he's doing a great job. If so, let them vote. If not you're just delaying things and ensuring that people spit on your grave. Your choice
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