Russia Ukraine war, page-199929

pro russia political party banned in ukraine - in 2021.. from memory, the leader of the party, and his deputy - have been held in detention - without charges .. so about 2.5 years..

that is the democracy/freedom that the ukes are fighting for ....

st poots not afraid to have elections - indeed an anti war guy is on the vote card

Boris Nadezhdin, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, has submitted the documents needed to register as a candidate for Russia’s presidential elections in March.

The 60-year-old local councillor, who has promised to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he had collected more than 100,000 signatures of support across 40 regions and submitted them and other documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is technically enough to challenge President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/31/ukraine-war-critic-submits-bid-to-challenge-putin-for-russias-presidency

never forget the australian system - where pauline hanson was enjoying a few bowls of porridge , at her majesties pleasure .. watso forgets the details now - but from memory the mad monk had something to do with it ..

also the two major parties conspired to make it harder for small parties to get elected ..

Queensland senator-elect Pauline Hanson has fought back tears recounting her 2003 jailing over quashed political corruption charges, blaming Tony Abbott and John Howard for a "political witch-hunt" against her.

"They just threw one court case at me after another," she said in an interview filmed in her Ipswich home.

"It was a sham. The whole thing was an absolute political witch-hunt to destroy me.

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