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baybal2 · 2021-07-02 15:36:37+00:00

Opposition? The true CPSU successor has recently won an election there, scoring up to 146% of the vote in some regions.

guard-of-terra | karma 5098 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2011-12-01 06:37:05

I wonder how much votes would CIS (ex-USSR) get if it were separated from "(Rest of) Europe" which is currently getting majority of votes.

Shaddox | karma 290 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2020-06-04 08:03:17+00:00

You are correct. This is in a former soviet state.

tapas73 | karma 61 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2022-03-02 15:23:00

see also: Belarus (russia stopped quite pro russian, but democratic opposition)

rurban | karma 5612 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2022-03-11 08:09:01

More like Georgia. In Kazakhstan the threat are socialists only

mantas | karma 2054 | avg karma 0.9 · | 2017-12-14 15:38:22

Just Russia being Soviet Union successor when it's convenient and claiming to be a new state when it's not.

SomeoneFromCA | karma 655 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2020-09-02 18:12:21

Success in Belarus would embolden opposition in the Central Asia though, yet another group of Russian allies.

chinathrow | karma 2194 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2023-04-15 14:11:19

Russia is also winning.

1023bytes | karma 858 | avg karma 4.88 · | 2019-11-27 19:37:17+00:00

Well, there is no denying that the region is in fact currently governed by Russia. Whether that is right is another question.

NicoJuicy | karma 10294 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2022-04-02 06:33:05

It seems like it is, but it's not new either.

Eg. This was co-ed with their president 11 years ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kazakhstans-steady-p...

Many signs that they have good-will for democracy, but I don't think it's easy in their position ( member of the CSTO and in Russia's "sphere of influence").

I have seen signs that they aren't just a puppet of Russia for example and I wasn't sure what was going on. But the article somewhat explained it.

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jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2023-04-05 08:55:15

That's true but it still is a Russian puppet state at present.

hogrider | karma 207 | avg karma 0.95 · | 2022-02-28 07:18:01

What a dumb angle. No one can dispute they are the successors of the USSR. what is the alternative, having every single ex soviet republic there?

vkou | karma 14969 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2022-02-22 13:13:38

Most people recognize Russia to be the successor state to the Soviet Union, much like how they recognize that the Fifth French Republic is the successor state to the Fourth French Republic.

imtringued | karma 11098 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2022-03-31 07:31:27

Are you forgetting Belarus?

At least Russia has rigged elections to pretend Russia is a democratic country.

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wh1t3n01s3 | karma 167 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2020-10-10 10:56:47

the Belarus government is very popular in Russia ;-)

prox | karma 4992 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2022-09-28 12:46:26

Why is it so Russia dominated? This was also visible in the article. Any particular reason or just coincidence?

distances | karma 4222 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2020-05-29 07:35:51

Russia has no shortage of top-notch democracies next door.

varjag | karma 13715 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2009-09-30 13:14:00+00:00

Russia has succession rights to USSR, while SFRY was dissolved without successor.

ztrtr | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2022-12-27 16:11:35

Can people from the periphery still get power in Russia? In the Soviet Union, many did:

Kaganovich, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Chernenko, Gorbachev were from Ukraine or had Ukrainian ties.

Stalin, Beria, Putin were/are from Georgia or had Georgian ties.

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diminish | karma 4698 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2011-12-12 07:48:03+00:00

all republics dominated by muslim minorities voted for the ruling party with rates above 95%; check caucasian republics, tatarstan, bashkir..apparently minnorities in russia love the ruling party more than russians themselves.