Amazing! Apparently, if you ban opposition political parties and opposition media, if you arrest your political opponents, if you ban election observers you don't like, if you flood the zone with scare stories about Russians, if you threaten voters with withdrawal of EU funds, you get to "win" an election

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George Szamuely

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Amazing! Apparently, if you ban opposition political parties and opposition media, if you arrest your political opponents, if you ban election observers you don't like, if you flood the zone with scare stories about Russians, if you threaten voters with withdrawal of EU funds, you get to "win" an election. Who d'a thunk?

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