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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCzar Putin
The last official czar of Russia was Czar Nicholas II. It's time for Putin to finalize the collapse of the Soviet Union by appointing himself as czar and abolishing the presidency. The presidency and corresponding elections are a sham, so he is effectively czar anyway. There is nostalgia for that historical era and there would be an element of honesty with this move.
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Czar Putin (Original Post)
Shermann
Feb 2024
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Celerity
(44,498 posts)1. A tsar is born
pandr32
(11,733 posts)2. He has no "element of honesty...".
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Lovie777
(12,759 posts)3. Why does he still have elections?......................
everybody knows they are meaningless.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,929 posts)4. Propaganda purposes. Thin veneer of legitimacy.
The old Soviet Union did it as well.
Shermann
(7,674 posts)5. To what end?
Sanctions are already ratcheted up to the maximum. What does he have to lose?
Kim Jong Un is playing the same game.