Putin critics face a grim choice before polls: exile or prison

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : With Alexei Navalny, Putin's chief opponent, jailed since January on trumped-up fraud charges after a failed attempt on his life, and nearly all other credible alternatives either dead, disqualified or in exile, the vote is the most farcical since the downfall of communism -- the end of any pretence of democracy.

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