- Joined
- Feb 23, 2020
-He has a majority by eliminating every and any credible opposition that might arise in Russia through mafia-esque style of blackmailing, cohersion and threatsPutin got elected with a big majority and has popularity ratings many western leaders would kill to get.
-The Russian media is mostly controlled by his party and they all engage in hardcore anti-west and pro-United Russia propaganda. The independent ones that are critical of Putin and United Russia are harrassed and many just end up being killed. Wikipedia has a huge list of journalists that ended up being murdered under his administration.
-The other 2 biggest parties (CPRF and LDPR) are part of the "systematic opposition" (aka controlled opposition) that vote in favor of anything United Russia proposes in the Duma. CPRF is there to attract the communist nostalgic boomers while LDPR is there to attract the ultranationalists that wants Russia to annex all the former Soviet states, it's there to make Putin and United Russia seems like centrists in comparison and less insane.
What else are they suppose to vote for? The communists or the anti-semite party lmao? Also diasporas always tend to vote based on which party has a stronger presence online since they obviously don't live in the country, it's just a bad metric.Also, look at Israel. There’s over a million Russians living there, and many have dual citizenship and voted in Russian elections.