I haven’t even bothered to post about it because of the framing.
Applebaum nailed it.
Via Anne Applebaum:
It wasn't an "election" in #Russia; stop using that word.
It was an orchestrated propaganda exercise designed to convince Russians, and the rest of us, to ignore the catastrophe #Putin has inflicted on his nation. 300,000+ Russian men are dead and wounded for no reason at all.
Laffy
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