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Russian opposition leader Mark Feygin launches blockchain-based referendum on Vladimir Putin’s election victory
The results of this effort, of course, would have no legal weight in Russia and would not in themselves end Putin’s presidency, but the referendum could, in theory, give a public relations boost to attempts to oust him. And it gives Russians a chance to express criticism in a nation where the consequences of dissent can be severe; Opposition leader Alexei Navalny recently died while incarcerated in an Arctic penal colony.