https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/ed58cc8d-b2c0-4ec1-9ab3-65c1f3ed6d5f To paraphrase a line commonly attributed to that “Great Democrat,” Joseph Stalin: “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.” Russia has just held its 2026 general election. The suspense was unbearable: Who could possibly have won? The Kremlin. The Kremlin always wins. But how is that outcome engineered? Why does an authoritarian system still bother with elections, ballot boxes, and the theater of democratic legitimacy, and what could come next? Join How We Got Here’s Jan Darasz and Urszula Gacek as they look behind the curtain of Russia’s choice-free elections. 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Russia #Putin #Kremlin Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:18:36 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/ed58cc8d-b2c0-4ec1-9ab3-65c1f3ed6d5f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.