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Anatoly Karlin reports from Moscow. Putin is expected to win handily, but the rest of the vote does count because Putin will take the results into consideration in governing. So voting does actually send a message. Choosing not to vote does too, since it sends a message of citizens' political apathy and discouragement, as well as a vote for "none of the above" without actually casing it. The Unz Review Russia Elections 2018: VCIOM Predictions Market Anatoly Karlin
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Anatoly Karlin reports from Moscow.
Putin is expected to win handily, but the rest of the vote does count because Putin will take the results into consideration in governing. So voting does actually send a message.
Choosing not to vote does too, since it sends a message of citizens' political apathy and discouragement, as well as a vote for "none of the above" without actually casing it.
The Unz Review
Russia Elections 2018: VCIOM Predictions Market
Anatoly Karlin