Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate
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“You can’t go wrong,” says the Russian president squinting at the screen to check that he didn’t go wrong, before thanking the computer.
  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    You joke but behind the Iron Curtain the dictators used to win “elections” with something like 98% of votes. “See, we have some malcontents but they’re a tiny minority.” It was all doctored of course but it’s funny that they bothered to keep it believable when everybody knew the truth, both inside the country and elsewhere.