Russia’s parliamentary elections this weekend mark the first since the Ukraine invasion—and voters face a bleak choice. The Kremlin has crushed dissent, banning the only anti-war party, Yabloko, while flooding the ballot with pro-war candidates and thousands of war veterans. With Ukraine’s strikes hitting Russian soil and fueling fear and shortages, many feel trapped between silence and complicity. Yulia Navalnaya urges “smart voting” to undermine Putin’s grip, calling the elections a “propagandistic exercise,” but critics warn this strategy legitimizes a rigged system with no real alternatives.
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