They are both (supposedly) elected officials of a (supposed) democratic state, and they are both at war. If Putin said he wasn't going to hold elections because it would be irresponsible to do so during a war, I don't think he'd get the same understanding answers. There's precedence for countries holding elections while at war, it's not like it's some infeasible thing. Just seems weird for everyone to be so quick to say that it's reasonable to suspend an election.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they are completely different situations. They are not merely "both at war," you are comparing the head of an invading country to the head of the country being invaded. And Putin has decades of history of overseeing dishonest elections. It's borderline gaslighting to feign ignorance of the differences.

[–] e-ratic@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does Russia have a foreign army in their borders? Very strange use of the word precedence there... there are also cases where countries at war have postponed elections, isn't that precedence too? How is that relevant for Ukraine specifically?

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I think there's a pretty massive difference between being invaded and being the country orchestrating the invasion.