Sunday, September 19, 2021

Controversy surrounding three-day Russian elections

Russian citizens living in Ireland can vote today in their country’s three-day elections.

All they have to do is turn up at the Embassy of the Russian Federation on Dublin’s Orwell Road between 8am and 8pm and cast their vote.

Prior registration is not required.

According to an embassy spokesperson there are over 5,000 Russians living in Ireland.

At the request of the Russian government Google and Apple have removed the Navalny app, designed  by Alexei Navalny’s team to identify opposition candidates with the best chances of defeating rivals from the ruling United Russia party.

Navalny supporters accuse Google and Apple of a shameful act of censorship. The Russian government threatened to sue the two companies and accused them of interference in Russia’s election.

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