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Oh yes.

Yes. Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the eastern border.

And this is the political episode of the month, as we've been digging through Russian Siberia slash Alaska all this time, it's time to keep you updated on what's going on in modern-day Russia.

See, for one, although the election starts at the 1st of July officially, there is a seven-day

voting period for the new constitutional changes that would make Putin president for life,

basically, giving him another 12 years.

And I have to say that these election booths have popped up all over the country,

including in your backyard, just, you know, a car with its back windshield open and everything,

and just people sitting in the cargo hold. Yeah, that's an election booth.

And there is also reports on an electronic system that is being used in several

regions across Russia to monitor turnout among employees at major enterprises during this,

well, wouldn't call the plebiscite, it's not, because a lot of these parts of the Constitution

have been already in power, but let's just call it plebiscite on amending the Constitution.

And of course, let me remind you.

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