Another sign of rigging is that 2024 election results peaked at round figures, Shukshin wrote. This distribution of results looks like a saw on graphs, which led to the nickname “Putin’s saw.”

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      This is a very dumb comment. The only party who could actually compete with putin was the communist. Navalny didnt get 3%

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        Probably because he was imprisoned. It’s hard to say what his results would have been, but a lot of experts said just by virtue of being the only opponent he could have beat Putin in a fair election.

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          This community is very averse to facts, and those “experts” are very stupid. Propaganda is all you feed on

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            While they’re definitely wrong in ignoring the communist party’s value as a signal for disliking the regime/as a protest vote, you’re also feeding on propaganda if you think Navalny and his smart voting campaign weren’t a very large movement.

            If Navalny wasn’t a threat to the regime, then Putin wouldn’t have hounded him for a decade.

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        FYI In the last elections he passively participated, he got 27% while Putin’s bitch got 51%.

        And we know that in Russia, the second tour almost always ends up not in the favor of the ruling party.

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    This is what republicans want for America and they’re one stolen election away from pulling it off.

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      Doesn’t have to be stolen, it takes one large trip-up by Biden and it’s totally legitimately done.

      Fully supporting the genocide in Gaza nearly did it, but he’s now recovering from that luckily.

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    I feel like the article would’ve been more readable with visual depictions of the vote distributions, instead of just describing them.

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    What! Russia is rigging their elections so Putin continues to be elected president?

    NO! Say it ain’t so!

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    I would love to know what the real figures were.

    Could he have won without cheating, or will his ego not even allow a reasonable tally against him?

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    ITT: Unabashed Putin sympathizers.

    Take note and do not listen to a word they say.