Putin's win isn't just a sham. It's a danger.
As a democratic exercise, Vladimir Putin’s 87% victory at the polls this weekend was a travesty, meaningful only as a defining chapter in the tragic story of opportunities lost and destruction caused that his 24 years in power have become.
Yet to judge a Russian election by the standards of liberal democracy is today a dangerous self-indulgence. Putin’s victory should be seen........
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