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Russia Is Accusing the US of 'Direct Interference' In Its Elections (businessinsider.com)
schwit1 shares a report from Business Insider (alternative source): Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Tuesday accused the U.S. of a "direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs" following the State Department's criticism of Russia's decision to bar opposition leader Alexey Navalny from running in the upcoming presidential election against Vladimir Putin. "This State Department statement, which I'm sure will be repeated, is a direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs," Zakharova wrote Tuesday on Facebook. In a statement shared with Business Insider on Tuesday night, a State Department spokesperson expressed concern over the Russian government's "ongoing crackdown against independent voices, from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians." "These actions indicate the Russian government has failed to protect space in Russia for the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms," the statement said. "More broadly, we urge the government of Russia to hold genuine elections that are transparent, fair, and free and that guarantee the free expression of the will of the people, consistent with its international human rights obligations." Zakharova pushed back. "And these people expressed outrage over alleged Russian 'interference' in their electoral process for an entire year?!" she said.
"Pointing out that the Kremlin is interfering in its own election is not interference," adds schwit1.
Russia's Precious Snowflake, Putin, can't handle the heat? Is that what I'm hearing?
Why do I suddenly feel gaslit?
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There are russian elections? I thought it was all rigged in the first place.
You put peanut butter on my chocolate!
Palaces, barricades, threats, meet promises
In Soviet Russia, kettle mocks pot!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Of course it is. But, it's entirely aboveboard, unlike the secret (at the time) Russian interference.
That's not to say the US isn't doing their own dirty tricks in secret, but that's not what the article is about.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Kind of how asking certain questions can be racist, sexist, or xenophobic. Actually not 'kind of like,' but rather 'exactly like.' Allow me to illustrate with an example near and dear to the KGB:
Alice: The CIA invented AIDS to kill black people!
Bob: What evidence do you have of that?
Alice: Racist!! Believe the victims!!1!!one
As usual, things are only bad when other people do them to you. But are fine when you do them to them.
Making public, fully attributed, on the record press statements isn't even remotely like what Russia has been doing to other countries. Its basically the opposite.
The way I see it, the most interesting part of this story is Putin getting his panties in a twist over such a small thing. It reveals that, contrary to all of the shirtless photos of him performing as the most manly strong-man on the planet, he's actually deeply insecure about his position on top of the throne over there. And really, he ought to be.
Putin served as a way for the corrupt-as-fuck Yeltsin to get off the throne without losing his head in the process, but who is going to do that for Putin? His corruption has grown 100x worse than Yeltsin. He's looted the country so much that he's now the richest man on the planet. Nobody is going to sign up to cover for him because there is no upside, you can't get much richer than Putin already is. But you can get deader.
What election? Putin has no legal political opponent that has any chance of winning.
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I have it on good authority that Vladimir Putin runs a pizza joint which is a front for child trafficking. Also, he was the cause for Benghazi. He wants to take your guns. He also has violated IT policy on several occasions. Please tell all your friends on Facebook or you face certain disaster.
According to the Democrats, truths told about your candidate is considered divisive and constitutes interference.
So either both of these acts are interference, or neither of them are.
Russians know all that. They're not generally that stupid. Billions didn't magic their way into Putin's accounts.
They don't care, at some level they appear to crave a Czar...Isn't he living in England?...Finland? (the actual Czar, by traditional succession) He should run.
The only thing I know for sure: Everytime a foreigner attacks Putin, we make him stronger in Russia. Our meddling will be even less effective than Russia's was.
The only thing that can save Russia is high oil prices.
Saudi better be guarding Abqaiq. It sure would be a shame if something happened to it and Russia's problems get solved. What if the Saudis outsource security to Russians? Then again, how hard would it be to disguise a precision missile as some junk the Yeminis would be shooting?
I don't get how it's still standing. Even surrounded by exclusion zones, defenses and covered by news blackout. Likely better defended than the White House. Has to be the world's most valuable and profitable target.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
We should hack their elections and make Hillary win.
President Clinton interfered with Yeltsin's 1996 re-election, and of course President Obama directly funded the campaign to try to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yeah, we do interfere in other elections...
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Newsflash: Most countries try to influence other countries, and they do it in a lot more ways that social media and fake news. This has only become 'news' because certain people feel the need to believe this past US election was somehow different. Sad bunch of morons.
No, saying shit like "grab em by the pussy", and I'm rich they let me do what I want, makes you a sexist asshole.
Stop skewing the truth.
And they interfere with ours as was proven.
[Citation needed]
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