Russian voters color outside the lines
The blog English Russia has a fantastic collection of creatively filled-out ballots from the recent Russian presidential election. The ballot above is a vote for Vladimir Putin’s dog Koni. Variations on the essentially untranslatable “Preved Medved” Internet meme were quite popular. Adolf Hitler and Chuck Norris picked up some write-in votes as well.
The blog English Russia has a fantastic collection of creatively filled-out ballots from the recent Russian presidential election. The ballot above is a vote for Vladimir Putin's dog Koni. Variations on the essentially untranslatable "Preved Medved" Internet meme were quite popular. Adolf Hitler and Chuck Norris picked up some write-in votes as well.
The blog English Russia has a fantastic collection of creatively filled-out ballots from the recent Russian presidential election. The ballot above is a vote for Vladimir Putin’s dog Koni. Variations on the essentially untranslatable “Preved Medved” Internet meme were quite popular. Adolf Hitler and Chuck Norris picked up some write-in votes as well.
Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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