Russia May Not Hold Presidential Elections

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The latest from Moscow comes in the form of hints dropped by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov to the effect that Putin could potentially opt to not hold presidential elections next March. Peskov’s reasoning is that an election would be irrelevant because Putin would so clearly win. “Our presidential election is not really a democracy, it is costly bureaucracy... Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90% of the vote,” Peskov told NYT (later claiming he was misquoted). In the…