itarian Reflexes

Mar 7, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Andrei Kolesnikov |Kristen Thompson |James M. Lindsay |itarian Reflexes

From March 15 to 17, Russia will hold a presidential election to refresh Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power. There have never been any real doubts about the outcome, which will herald his fifth term in office. But the Kremlin has taken extraordinary steps to make sure: On February 8, the Central Election Commission announced that the antiwar candidate Boris Nadezhdin was disqualified from running.