Hi all! This is a channel for those who study Russian as a foreign language. If you are a native Russian speaker, I recommend that you do not waste your time and close the video, and if you are a foreigner who is learning Russian, you may want to turn on subtitles or download transcriptions on Patreon. Transcriptions for my videos and podcasts include accents and English translations. In this video, I'll share some useful election vocabulary and ask you some questions. Cat Musya will help me wit
h this. In March 2021, the Russian State Duma passed a law that allows Vladimir Putin to run for president again. I think that you have already seen the interim results, according to which Vladimir Putin received more than 87% of the votes in the elections, which will allow him to remain for the fifth term and rule the country until 2030. Let's talk about how the elections took place. Polling stations opened across the country on Friday, March 15. Voters had 3 days to sign for the chosen candida
te. In 28 regions of Russia, citizens could also take part in remote electronic voting. For reference, if I'm not mistaken, before 2019 there was no electronic voting in Russia, and before 2020 voting in polling stations was carried out only on one day. I miss those times a little. To vote, you need to find out the number of your polling station, which is determined by your registration address. There were only four names on the ballot paper - the current president and his three opponents: Deput
y Speaker of the Duma from the “New People” Vladislav Andreevich Davankov, born in 1982, head of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky, born in 1968, and deputy from Communist Party - Nikolai Mikhailovich Kharitonov, born in 1948. The remaining candidates were not allowed to participate in the elections - they were either rejected during the registration process or after they brought signatures of supporters. Some candidates themselves refused to participate, that is, they with
drew their candidacies from the elections. Let's open the candidates' websites and take a look at their programs. Let's especially look at their attitude to the current situation. As Vladislav Davankov states on his website: “The time of the New has come.” I quote: “We choose a smart and free country of equal opportunities, in which everyone can succeed .” Davankov offers us an alternative, advocates (I quote with abbreviations): “Peace and negotiations. But on our terms; (I wonder what these te
rms are) Quality education and medicine; Freedom of speech and opinion - instead of intolerance and denunciations; Openness and pragmatism - instead of looking for new enemies.” I didn’t find Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s program on his website, but there are several campaign videos that, as in previous elections, talk about unemployment, decline in production, queues and the uncertainty of the 90s. “We choose confidence in the future,” the video says. I quote: “Who will ensure development? Who
guarantees stability? Who are you confident in? Only in him! Vote for someone who can be trusted with the country.” Interestingly, the candidate is never mentioned by name in the video. By the way, there were no photographs of Putin on the campaign banners that could be seen in the city . If other candidates looked at us from posters, Putin’s banner depicted landmarks of Russian cities, for example, the Bronze Horseman - a monument to Peter the Great, erected in St. Petersburg in 1782. Why do y
ou think Vladimir Vladimirovich did not want to be depicted on his banners? Why was there no photograph of Putin? Let's now open the website of Leonid Slutsky. The candidate cites seven main initiatives, which he calls the most important for Russia, and in the first place (I quote): “FINAL AND SPEEDY VICTORY.” The candidate calls for “a decisive assault.” In addition, the development of regions, the fight against poverty, and assistance to small businesses. And the last candidate, Nikolai Kharit
onov, does not seem to have created a website, at least I haven’t found one. The communist’s slogan became the phrase: “We played capitalism - that’s enough!” From what I have read, Kharitonov advocates the development of industrial and agriculture, employment in the specialty, increasing pensions and salaries. And his views on the military operation are similar to the views of Leonid Slutsky, he speaks very strongly in debates. What do you think about the candidate programs? Who would you vote
for? Would you vote against everyone, that is, destroy the ballot? I'll tell you about my voting experience. I worked on Friday and Saturday, so I came to the polling station on Sunday. Everyone had to go through a metal detector and show the police the contents of their bags. Suspicious items were removed. For example, the girl in front of me was asked to remove a bottle of vaping liquid. Next, I went to the auditory with the required number, signed in the register next to my last name, they ga
ve me a ballot, and I entered the voting booth. After voting, I folded the piece of paper and sent it to the ballot box, next to which a bored policeman was sitting. Interestingly, the journal had very few signatures, about 3 people from our apartment building whose names were listed on the page voted before me. Why do you think the rest did not come to vote? Although, maybe they came, but a little later. Do you think that participating in elections is the duty of a citizen of the country? What
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