Russian Headline of the Day
This Russia Today headline caught my eye on today’s Johnson’s Russia List e-mail: “Opposition candidates will get the right to lose elections” The article itself is a little hard to follow but it seems that Moscow has instructed local election authorities to stop blocking opposition candidates from registering to run in local elections. The line ...
This Russia Today headline caught my eye on today's Johnson's Russia List e-mail:
This Russia Today headline caught my eye on today’s Johnson’s Russia List e-mail:
“Opposition candidates will get the right to lose elections”
The article itself is a little hard to follow but it seems that Moscow has instructed local election authorities to stop blocking opposition candidates from registering to run in local elections. The line is from Boris Makarenko of the Center for Political Technologies:
“Opposition candidates have too often been denied the right to lose elections with dignity,” Makarenko added. “Now they will be given this right.”
I’m sure they will appreciate that.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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