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With prizes, food, housing and cash, Putin rigged Russia's most recent vote

  • Written by Regina Smyth, Professor, Indiana University
imageRussian President Vladimir Putin at a polling station to cast his ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms in Moscow on July 1, 2020. Alexey Druzhinin/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

When Russians voted in early July on 200 constitutional amendments, officials rigged the election to create the illusion that President Vladimir Putin...

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