includes the name boris visnefsky, and then on a third different line, there he was again, boris visnefski, same name was on the ballot three times, but it was three different dudes. one of the boris s was a legitimate russian opposition candidate running to take a seat from putin s party basically. the other two borises were duded who had their names changed to boris vis, just to be confusing and mimicked the appearance to doubly confuse voters as to who the real boris was. going to those lengths essentially ensured that voters in st. petersburg wouldn t be able to tell who the real guy was. votes for the real boris would be split, making it easier for the kremlin aligned pro-putin opponent to win because the real
vishnevsky, same name was on the ballot three times, but it was three different dudes. one of the borises was a legitimate russian opposition candidate running to take a seat from putin s party basically. the other two borises were dudes who had their names changed to boris vishnevsky just to be confusing and mimicked the appearance to doubly confuse voters as to who the real boris vishnevsky was. going to those lengths essentially ensured that voters in st. petersburg wouldn t be able to tell who the real guy was. going to though lengths was so that voters for the real boris vishnevsky would be split, making it easier for the kremlin aligned pro-putin opponent to win because the real opposition candidate, no one could figure out which one he was. that is just one of the next level totally crazy election manipulation techniques from the putin government in the most recently russian election. they ll do basically anything. nothing is too outlandish, too