OT: Democracy the Russian Way..

[sphinxsix]

Boris Vishnevsky, a senior member of the liberal Yabloko party, is competing two other ..Boris Vishnevskys in soon-to-be elections in St Petersburg. No, this hasn't been taken from Monty Python.

I hope you'll enjoy the article as much as I did 

 

Three near-identical Boris Vishnevskys on St Petersburg election ballot

 

[sphinxsix]

7 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

it doesn't matter, only Putin will be elected... these three are just there to give the elections the semblance of  democracy.

These are local St Petersburg elections.

I had visited Moscow in 2002 or 2003, once in a lifetime experience..

[sphinxsix]

2 hours ago, MarkusBarkus said:

...some locals call it: St. Putansburg. 

Not Putinsburg.?

[sphinxsix]

52 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

I would like to go but I refuse while Putin is there and in charge.

 

You might not be able to go any time soon, then... 

Yeah.he's a MF..

 

[sphinxsix]

3 hours ago, MarkusBarkus said:

That city has a history of name changes, let's call it, so those folks are only half-kidding. Interesting place...

I've heard it's very different from Moscow, never been there though.

 

[sphinxsix]

5 hours ago, yamamoto2002 said:

They should sell matryoshka dolls of 3 Boris Vishnevskys 🪆

The matroshka tradition might have had some influence on the birth of that election trick idea, I guess.. I wonder if these 3 guys are of the same size.. 

[sphinxsix]

2 minutes ago, MarkusBarkus said:

...yes, but the tiniest one at the core would be Putin.

Putin put in there.. (isn't his name also derived from the same tradition.?) 

[sphinxsix]

20 minutes ago, yamamoto2002 said:

From the picture, Mr. Ivanovich is relatively small but the other twos are roughly the same size 🤔

I think that Mr Gyenadyevich looks the toughest of them 3..

So do you think Mr Vladimirovich would fit into Mr Ivanovich.?