ExpandMyMind Posted October 15, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Quote The Communist wunderkind Valentin Konovalov should already be Siberia’s youngest governor, but the elections he’s supposed to win are cancelled every other week. The virtually unknown 30-year-old rode a wave of protest to win a first-round ballot in Khakassia, a republic in eastern Siberia, last month. The results were an embarrassment for the ruling United Russia party and the Kremlin, which backed the incumbent. But his opponents have found an easy way to keep him from winning the run-off: don’t hold it. “It’s absurd,” said the candidate, who names Lenin as a political inspiration, over a cup of tea. So far, two of Konovalov’s opponents have dropped out, delaying the vote by two weeks each, and now an elections commission claims he misfiled his paperwork. Konovalov is likely to be disqualified. “We should have won the elections outright,” he said. “Now they’re trying to keep power illegally.” Guardian Cancelling an election when your guy is just about to lose. I suppose he's lucky they didn't just murder him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 15, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, ExpandMyMind said: Guardian Cancelling an election when your guy is just about to lose. I suppose he's lucky they didn't just murder him. Or throw him in the gulag. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Caspian Hare Posted October 15, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Putin was most vulnerable to Alexei Navalny , who was briefly arrested then barred from running. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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