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Kremlin spokesman says Russia’s democracy is the best in the world and will not tolerate criticism of it said on wednesday.
Speaking at a youth festival, Dmitry Peskov said: “We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy or claims that it is not what it should be.”
In fact, Russia’s democracy is not the best and is far from free and fair.
Peskov’s comments came 19 days after the suspicious death in captivity of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, perhaps the only reliable figure in the country’s political system.
The Russian presidential election, which begins in 10 days, is also seen as a foregone conclusion.
Three candidates are scheduled to face off against President Vladimir Putin. Some people are already volunteering Not to criticize him, state media reported.
One of the candidates, Boris Nadezhdin, who ran on an anti-war platform, was disqualified due to fraud in his support. Moscow Times reported.
Navalny, whose 2020 poisoning is widely believed to have ties to the Kremlin, was buried under tight security on March 1.
Several participants were subsequently arrested. The Telegraph reportedquoting local reports.
Russia has fallen down the rankings of the world’s democracies. Economist Intelligence Unit In 2023, the country’s democracy ranking was 114th out of 167 countries, lower than Nicaragua and Venezuela.and American think tanks Freedom House Labeled “It’s not free.”
The report ranks Russia 4 out of 40 in the area of political rights, noting that elections are not free and fair, government operations lack transparency, and there are few safeguards against corruption. It was rated as a point.
Earlier this month, Russian journalist Roman Ivanov sentenced to 7 years in prison He was imprisoned for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.