142. An exercise in fake democracy

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

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Today Russians go to the polls to select a president for the next six years, with only one result to come - the re-election of President Vladimir Putin for a record fifth term in office. To help Saul and Patrick better understand the reality of the Presidential elections in Russia they speak to veteran journalist and Russia expert Alan Philps. They also assess the controversial statements made by Pope Francis on the ongoing war in Ukraine and look at the latest news regarding Ukraine getting it's much needed F-16's If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.6	Today, Russians go to the polls to select a president for the next six years, an exercise in
1:22.6	fake democracy that can only produce one result, the re-election of President Vladimir Putin for a record fifth term in office.
1:30.0	How can I be so sure? Because Putin's underlings have ensured that he is the only viable candidate
1:34.9	on the ballot paper. All genuine opposition candidates like Boris Nadijdin, the anti-war candidate,
1:41.0	have been disqualified. To discuss all this, we welcome back journalist and
1:45.1	Russia expert Alan Filps, who would be hearing from after the break. Elsewhere, Pope Francis
1:50.4	drew unprecedented and deserved opprobrium when he called for Ukraine to raise the white
1:55.5	flag and negotiate a peace deal with Russia. This inevitably infuriated Ukrainians and produced a dismissive response
2:02.2	from President Zelensky and others, and the US announced a surprise 300 million military
2:08.2	shipment for Ukraine from savings from a Pentagon budget, thus avoiding the impasse in Congress.
2:13.8	Well, in other news, the New York Times reported that 12 Ukrainian pilots will be ready to
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