Wednesday 29 June, 2022
It is highly unlikely that Putin will be unseated this time round.
The election follows a tumultuous few years that have seen Russia seize the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine and start a military operation in Syria.
Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy was part of an international mission that observed the Russian presidential election and said that the campaign coverage had been “biased” in favour of Vladimir Putin.
“In post-Soviet Russia, we go to disco and then we go to vote…”
The election is seen as a referendum on prime minister Vladimir Putin’s popularity as he bids to regain the presidency.
