Despots rush to congratulate Putin after his 'sham' election victory | MSS0UY5 | 2024-03-18 11:08:01
The world's despots have rushed to congratulate Vladimir Putin for his all-but-assured Russian election win.
Putin has secured another six-year term as president of Russia after profitable 87.32% of the votes, with 99.67% of the votes counted.
North Korean media says Kim Jong-un sent his congratulations by way of his embassy in Russia this morning – unsurprising as North Korea has provided Putin with supplies and munitions for his struggle in Ukraine.
Putin has also acquired well-wishes and congratulations from the authoritarian ruler of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, and Cuban Overseas Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and Bolivia, Luis Arce, joined the small repressive group hailing Putin's overwhelming victory amid awkward silence from the West.
Amongst former Soviet nations, the authoritarian leaders of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, provided congratulations.
They appeared unbothered by the shortage of actual opposition candidates in the Russian election, amid stories of quite a few spoiled ballots from ex-pats voting at foreign embassies.
Among the fantastical statistics was the claim of a turnout of 99.8%, together with the troopers preventing in Ukraine.
Actual outcomes of Russians voting in Belgrade discovered Davankov scored greater than six occasions as many votes as Putin – 67% to 10%.
In Prague, Davankov scored 60% and Putin solely 16%.
Putin's former speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov stated 'nobody will consider' the 'crazy' share of the vote declared for the dictator, saying it was clear the vote was rigged.
He added: 'There isn't any have to prove something, it is now an axiom.
'Simply examine the official outcome with yesterday's footage of anti-Putin queues at polling stations, with a huge mass of pictures of invalid ballots – and the whole lot becomes clear to you.
'Putin most popular to persuade critics that he was robust than supporters that he was trustworthy.
'This is identical logic as within the case of the murder of Navalny and repressions typically. It was the logic of Caligula…Let them not love you, as long as they're afraid.
'The only drawback is that the Russian president can reveal his power solely on his own – unarmed – residents.
'And he broke his tooth on Ukrainians. So he's not very robust either.'
Putin's newest time period will make him the longest-serving leader of Russia since Joseph Stalin.
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