@anneapplebaum

This indeed. Only for Putin’s neoimperialistic resentful dreams…

@anneapplebaum

#Russian #elections #RussianElections #video #PollingPlaces #gunman #MaskedGunman

@anneapplebaum

I think it was New York Times correspondent Valerie Hopkins who reported that Russians themselves refer to it as “the voting,” as distinct from an election.

@anneapplebaum

Less of an "election"; more of the re-appointment of an Interim Tzar of All The Russias?

With the emphasis on the 'All'...

@anneapplebaum @briankrebs

love that you're here. strongly disagree with your worldview. Russia is no democracy but Obama was correct in not giving Ukraine weapons and saying they would always have a more vital interest there than we do (ala the Cuban missile crisis and our refusal then to allow Castro to have any kind of alliances and weapons they want in their country). In addition, we have clearly been influential in the govt of Ukraine since 2014 in ways we abhor when others do it.

@anneapplebaum Democratically governed nations are having elections.

Dictatorships are having confirmations of their bastard leaders.

The difference explained as simple as it is.

#DefendDemocracy #YourVoiceMatters #YouMatter

@anneapplebaum

"A tyrant’s only ally is fear.

Just as in a fairy tale where the villain cannot exist unless you believe in it, tyranny cannot exist unless you fear it."
SearingTruth