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To paraphrase a line commonly attributed to that “Great Democrat,” Joseph Stalin:
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.”
Russia has just held its 2026 general election. The suspense was unbearable: Who could possibly have won?
The Kremlin. The Kremlin always wins. But how is that outcome engineered? Why does an authoritarian system still bother with elections, ballot boxes, and the theater of democratic legitimacy, and what could come next?
Join How We Got Here’s Jan Darasz and Urszula Gacek as they look behind the curtain of Russia’s choice-free elections.
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