&gt; Take voting in North Caucasus, for example, where official turnover is 99% but tens of percents say in polls that they never go to elections.<p>You know Chechens are the most fervent Russian nationalists today? They experienced the joys of living under an extremist Islamic caliphate for a few years between the first and the second Chechen war. Today they&#x27;ll vote for any strongman that will ensure stability and security in the region. And that my friend is currently Putin.<p>&gt; But. Putin stole elections to Duma. Those were totally baked<p>Yes sure. When Western opinion research reaches the conclusion that 85-90% of Russians support Putins policies it obviously makes a lot of sense to &quot;steal&quot; elections.<p>&gt; This is widely documented.<p>Where? In the CIA fact sheet?<p>&gt; Do you think this will be forgotten? Do you think this will never shoot back?<p>Please spare us all of this childish rhetoric.