Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289467 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 9/2024
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
No Russian election since Soviet times has been manipulated to the extent we are seeing in the 2024 'presidential election'. The political context is dictatorial, the regime's power grab comprehensive. The media are subject to wartime censorship, and there is not even a pretence of political competition. The death of Alexei Navalny has only heightened the atmosphere of fear. Yet although the vote is an authoritarian plebiscite, a rubber stamp, signs of popular criticism of the regime and the war should not be overlooked. Germany and Europe should unequivocally state that this election is undemocratic and illegitimate. But even more importantly, contacts with critics of the war inside Russia must be maintained.
Subjects: 
Russian election
democratic opposition
Vladimir Putin
Alexei Navalny
Margarita Simonyan
United Russia
war in Ukraine
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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