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The elections in Russia weren’t really an example for extraordinarily ‘well done’ democratic elections. Actually, the whole Putin-era hasn’t been definable as a democratic rein either. Be it elections or media censorship - Russia simply shouldn’t be used as a shining example to demonstrate democracy!

But when some people demand ‘political consequences‘ [via] i have to ask myself: What for? Helle Dale has written a nice editorial in which she compares Russian elections to those held under Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. To the end, she cites Angela Merkel:

By international standards, Russia cannot be called a democracy anymore — as German Chancellor Angela Merkel remarked to her credit. She knows something about political repression, having grown up in East Germany. There should be consequences.

Well, what she seems to neglect is that this is one of Angela Merkel’s few often-used statement-capsules: “I know something about political repression, having grown up in East Germany.” She uses those to warm up the air around her - not more (via Pispers)…