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As sad as it may be, Russia is already pretty far down the road to a totalitarian fascist state, so the news about Slovakia would have been spun in Russia's favor anyway. They won't serve for much news value in Russia's media sphere (political sphere doesn't play much of a role anymore) and Putler already made clear at the recent UN meeting through his foreign minister that he's going to double down on Ukraine anyway. 

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 @76988492 @1fa29b3f @0a44779f sure, but you can compare it to what mark Galleotti says about Kremlin rigging elections. Putin will always win, the question is how hard it'll be for them. And when you have real news it's easier to make propaganda based on it, and it's easier to convince yourself.