Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is campaigning for another six-year term, criticized the previous US election in a recent statement, claiming that… Its regularity has been called into question by the practice of postal voting. Putin said during his speech on Tuesday:Previous elections in the United States were rigged through postal voting.
They bought ballots for $10, filled them out, dropped them in mailboxes without observers watching, and that was it.
However, it is important to add this Putin did not provide any evidence to support these allegations.
The next Russian elections will be next March, according to Putin’s opponents They only create the appearance of democracy, Because Putin has unquestioned power, and his main opponent, Alexei Navalny, is currently in prison. Navalny is serving a prison sentence of more than 30 years on charges he says are fabricated.
There are also concerns about the integrity of the electoral process in Russia: according to critics
Electronic voting can be exploited by the authorities to change the resulting result in favor of Putin without anyone noticing.
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