Half the seats in the State Duma are awarded by proportional representation, while the others are assigned by ‘first-past-the-post’ results in single member constituencies. United Russia, the ruling party, has officially received close to 50% of all votes cast, while sweeping the overwhelming majority of constituencies, with 99% of votes …
Read More »Putin’s party declares victory in Russian elections, insists it will retain two-thirds majority after polls show opposition gains
With 80% of the vote having been counted on Monday morning, Andrey Turchak, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party, said that his candidates were on track to win in races across the country. “Of course, results are still coming in, but as of early this morning, …
Read More »Russia’s Communist Party predicted to slash government’s majority in first exit poll after voting in parliamentary election ends
As the final ballots were recorded in Kaliningrad, the country’s westernmost region, a federal exit poll conducted by research agency INSOMAR found support in United Russia, which attracted more than half of votes in the 2016 election, may have waned. Sampling a total of 438,218 people across 1,455 polling stations, …
Read More »It’s a load of maskless balls: authoritarian elites party on regardless while ordering us to follow their Covid rules
Extravagant events staged as social media spectacles in America have taken a page out of the failed Roman Empire’s playbook on diversion and distraction of the masses. Please welcome globalism 2.0, the bread-and-circuses acts designed to shift the narrative away from the uncomfortable truth of a collapsing regime. Social media …
Read More »Russia’s elections are an all-important test for Putin’s party. But can opposition activists in the sunny south beat voter apathy?
However, not everyone in the fast-growing southern city seems to have gotten the message. “When does the election actually start?” Bogdan, a 21-year-old student asked. He hasn’t decided who he wants to cast his ballot for yet ‒ or if he’ll go to the polling station at all. “Life is …
Read More »What’s the point in a Green Party? Eco activists are more focused on causing chaos on the streets with XR than elections & voting
Watching day one of Extinction Rebellion’s planned two-week protest kick off with the promised mayhem on the streets of London on the same day that the woolly jumper brigade who prop up the more conservative political outfit began their search for new leadership, it was hard not to wonder, what’s …
Read More »‘Illegal engagement party’ in Australia results in $300,000+ in FINES for breaching strict Covid lockdown
Some 56 attendees at the party, held in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield North earlier this month, were fined more than $5,400 each, a Victoria police spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. All said and done, the engagement gathering racked up a $305,312 price tag for the penalties alone. “Victoria Police is …
Read More »China considers making US-listed companies hand over data control to 3rd party firms – reports
According to Reuters sources, Chinese regulators want the regulation to limit the companies’ ability to transfer Chinese onshore data abroad in breach of the country’s national security laws. Sources expect a final decision and a formal framework for the data handover plan to be ready by next month. The China …
Read More »Labour Party leader Keir Starmer says invasion of Afghanistan ‘brought stability’ & ‘reduced terrorist threat’
During a House of Commons debate over the withdrawal of US and UK troops from Afghanistan this week, which led to the Taliban quickly taking over the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that the UK would “judge” the new “regime on the choices it makes and by its actions …
Read More »Trans non-binary candidate runs to head Green Party after loss of previous leadership to internal strife over trans rights
Deputy leader Amelia Womack has picked Tamsin Omond as her running mate to head the Green Party of England and Wales. Both are long-time environmental activists, as befits the party’s agenda. But what makes Omond stand out among the candidates for co-leadership is gender identity: “trans nb nature lover,” according …
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