The World, an US public radio program, on the remaining heroic | Екатерина Шульман

The World, an US public radio program, on the remaining heroic attempts to at least chronicle our phantasmagoria of voting, with comments from Roman Udot, the GOLOS people and myself.

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ (НАИМЕНОВАНИЕ, ФАМИЛИЯ, ИМЯ ОТЧЕСТВО (ПРИ НАЛИЧИИ), СОДЕРЖАЩАЯСЯ В РЕЕСТР ИНОСТРАННЫХ АГЕНТОВ) ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА (НАИМЕНОВАНИЕ, ФАМИЛИЯ, ИМЯ, ОТЧЕСТВО (ПРИ НАЛИЧИИ), СОДЕРЖАЩАЯСЯ В РЕЕСТР ИНОСТРАННЫХ АГЕНТОВ)

"Ekaterina Schulmann, a political scientist with the Berlin-based Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, said these types of comments indicate how an autocracy tries to retrain power.

“No political system rules just by force and fear,” Schulmann explained. “Some degree of legitimacy is necessary. That’s why there’s so much fuss in autocracies about this propaganda, about producing these impressions, this industry of impressions.”

Schulmann said the Kremlin uses the election to give the president a veneer of legitimacy. The result is predetermined, but the winning percentage — and enthusiastic turnout — is not.

“When an authoritarian leader runs for reelection for the fifth time in the last 20 years, it’s rather hard to whip up any excitement,” she said".

https://theworld.org/stories/2024-03-14/russians-have-limited-ability-monitor-presidential-election-favors-putin-some-are