Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/24/world/africa/central-african-republic-russia-wagner.html #MercenariesandPrivateMilitaryContractors #RussianInvasionofUkraine(2022) #Bangui(CentralAfricanRepublic) #Touadera,Faustin-Archange #InternationalRelations #CentralAfricanRepublic #PoliticsandGovernment #Prigozhin,YevgenyV #Biden,JosephRJr #Putin,VladimirV #Constitutions #UnitedNations #Referendums #WagnerGroup #vis-photo #Elections #Africa

The New Landscape of the Abortion Fight https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/us/abortion-roe-wade.html #DobbsvJacksonWomen'sHealthOrganization(SupremeCourtDecision) #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #SuitsandLitigation(Civil) #PollsandPublicOpinion #PoliticsandGovernment #StateLegislatures #LawandLegislation #SupremeCourt(US) #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Women'sRights #Referendums #States(US) #Abortion

Nous sommes habitués @Elisabeth_Borne à ce que vous ne reconnaissiez pas les #referendums … où est la véritable mascarade?
RT @LCI: 🔴🗣️ "Le dispositif russe est fragilisé. La mascarade des référendums truqués montre que la Russie cherche à donner un vernis démocratique à son offensive. Nous ne les reconnaitrons pas." @Elisabeth_Borne

📲 𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓 sur #La26 et https://www.tf1info.fr/direct/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/MCArnautu/status/1576952849988489217

Excellent thread on the information operation aspect of Russia's annexation efforts in #Ukraine👇

Please read, especially if reporting on these topics.

Also explains why mentions of Baltic countries "joining USSR" or as "former Soviet republics" are so deeply wrong and harmful.
RT @SofiOksanen: About "referendums" in #Ukraine. Many have asked, why #Russia even makes the effort to stage "#referendums", which look so fake to any West…

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kajakallas/status/1575085875884863490

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#Referendums can foster civic engagement, thereby improving legitimacy and governance. But they can also reduce very complex issues to a simple vote. To grasp the pros and cons, see this @EP_ThinkTank analysis. ➡️https://europa.eu/!bqYmwT #DemocracyDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUPublications/status/1570516231366803456