(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting.

“In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting … they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that’s it,” Putin said, without providing evidence.

  • PugJesus
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    441 year ago

    MAGA and tankies. I’d say strange bedfellows, but honestly, they’re not that different beyond what shade of red they prefer to be painted.

    • theprogressivist
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      221 year ago

      they’re not that different beyond what shade of red they prefer to be painted.

      CCP Red or Kremlin Rouge

    • Hyperreality
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      111 year ago

      Cosplay communists.

      No one who’s an actual communist would support Yeltsin and the Oligarchs’ friend Putin.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        You’re discounting the many actual communists that are also actual idiots.

        Idiots who truly believe in communism, but also think that the fascist Russian government and the equally repressive Chinese one are that.

      • PugJesus
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        141 year ago

        Considering we’re on Lemmy? In all likelihood, yes.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          Well, I gotta say that you’re the first person I’ve encountered that didn’t immediately feel shame for randomly bringing up a totally irrelevant political faction after that question. I suppose the next question is, what do you consider a tanky? Anyone left of democrats? Or do you have a more specific definition in mind?

          Edit: downvote me all you want, but this is a legitimate question. I’m a type of anarchist that advocates for mutual aid, industrial unionism, and a complete decentralization of power. I’ve been called a tanky because I support tenant unions.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Aren’t you tired of conversations like this? It doesn’t matter what label any of us use to describe our political views. We don’t have the power to implement them. Those that do don’t give a fuck what we think. We’re all just yelling at the perceived other while we watch things deteriorate.