and mimicked the appearance to doubly confuse voters as to who the real boris vishnevsky was. going to those lengths essentially ensured that voters in st. petersburg wouldn't be able to tell who the real guy was. going to though lengths was so that voters for the real boris vishnevsky would be split, making it easier for the kremlin aligned pro-putin opponent to win because the real opposition candidate, no one could figure out which one he was. that is just one of the next level totally crazy election manipulation techniques from the putin government in the most recently russian election. they'll do basically anything. nothing is too outlandish, too humiliating to keep russians from voting for putin party or chosen candidates. they play dirty, and so opposition leaders have decided they need to play smart. case in point, a smart voting app designed by allies of russia's most potent opposition leader, alexei navalny, the idea is because the deck is so stacked against opposition candidates in russia, all of the opposing parties should team up and vote tactically. everybody sho