The Russian parliamentary election of Sept. 17-19 removed any lingering doubts that Russia has ceased to be a democracy and exposed the true authoritarian face of the Putin regime. The international community must now acknowledge this reality by withholding recognition of the vote.
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Oleksiy Goncharenko: Why we must not recognize Russia’s fraudulent election
A woman casts her ballot at a polling station set up at Moscow's Kazansky railway station during the last day of the three-day parliamentary election on Sept. 19, 2021.