Russia: those inhabitants who feel disillusioned with politics (4/4)
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The Russians are called to vote from September 17 to 19, 2021 to renew the deputies who make up the Parliament.
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By: Anissa El Jabri Follow
5 mins
D-1 before the opening of polling stations in Russia for three days.
A very locked ballot to designate deputies.
Confidence in politics in the country has never been high, but particularly many today are disillusioned and refuse to go to the polls.
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From our correspondent in Moscow,
Glasses of wine and plov, this Central Asian rice dish very popular in Russia, a banal dinner in Moscow.
The conversation turns to everything except the elections and for good reason.
Here the disgust with politics sometimes comes from very far.
It's very simple, the last time Olga, 54, voted, it was “
in 1996, for Yeltsin
”.
"
I was a very staunch liberal at the time, I believed in democracy, I was for the market economy, for borders to be open, and for people to live like in Europe
", remembers Olga. .
When asked why she hasn't voted since, Olga replies that "
because for the next five years, the result of that vote for me was that I ended up earning the equivalent of $ 15 a day. month.
"
A policy that has not restored its image
For the next generation, encountered in the streets of Moscow, Russian policy has not restored its image, quite the contrary.
At 21, Émile's opinion is fixed: "
Politics in Russia is not interesting ... It's like a kind of swamp, a dirty thing that you don't want to go near
", he said.
And to add: "
Anyway, we know it, even if we organize ourselves, that we assemble a team to present ourselves, in front, a single person with big means and a big pile of leaflets always arrives at. weigh more, because there are many such people.
"
“
These people
”, Émile will not name them.
Criticizing power is possible, but without designating a political figure, and again.
For this report no one wanted to give his last name.
“
Concretely, what fact to remember from this electoral campaign for the Duma?
Uh… The problem is that there isn't one… there hasn't been a single moment that could mark us all… I'm thinking, but hey… It doesn't. there hasn't really been any fuss,
”says Alexis, adding:“
You know, everyone in power is trying to make it happen quietly, so that people either vote properly or don't vote. at all
.
"
"We are in our world, they are in theirs"
The rare highly visible election posters, spread out over several meters, are those that encourage people to register for electronic voting.
A remote bulletin and it's a ticket for a lottery, with the key: brand new French cars, apartment ...
Not enough to arouse vocations for Alicia, 34, and Marina, 26.
They never went to vote and that is not likely to change: “
Frankly, we simply do not want to be interested in their settling of scores, especially since the economic situation is not stable.
We are in our world, they are in theirs, the main thing is that we are well,
”said one of them.
What would it take for them to get out of their bubble?
Not a second of hesitation to answer: "
That I, personally, can be sure that my voice will have an impact,
" said the other.
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