[medo-bear]

i dont think voting for someone into leadership is equivalent to thinking they are nice, good, trustworthy, etc. it could be as simple as no better alternative

[onedognight]

There is no ‘voting’ when the government controls the media and any opposition gaining momentum is inevitably jailed, poisoned or falls out a window.

[medo-bear]

or when there was you just bomb the parliament [0] except that time the west fully supported this brutality. selective democracy?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_cr...