People in the Russian Far East city of Yakutsk braced -43°C weather on Sunday to add their signatures in a show of support for opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin’s candidacy in Russia’s presidential elections that will take place in March.

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1. Clever! The novichok tea will freeze at those temperatures.

2. Basically the gulag sign up sheet

3. Like they really matter. That’s the town that just had a cargo transport unloading dozens of wooden crates off at the airport.

4. Those poor bastards. They never saw the window coming.

5. Well it might very cold but they are not being shelled while queuing. Fair elections in mordor is just an illusion.

6. Sorry, but this looks pointless to me.

   I am not cynical either, this is reality of Russia, a few thousand signatures are nothing compared to millions of Zombie Serfs that still obey Putin and his regime till the end.

   Russia is a hopeless country.

   After nearly 2 years of war, voices of dissent nearly disappeared, it’s pointless and hopeless.

   If they can’t even start a Maidan like Ukraine did, then there is no point in talking about Russian opposition to Putin.

   Zombie serfs will be Zombie serfs, till their last breath.

7. Pen ink frozen, signatures are required in pen. Pencil not accepted.

8. Yeah It’s not minus 43 maybe minus 20 with a breeze reasons I think that first her Bic pen is not frozen second the road sounds wet not crunchy last no mittens or gloves on hands that don’t need to be exposed. Experience to make that call 60 years living and working where it gets that cold.

9. If we can take Yakutsk then we can rampage through Asia!
   (Everything I know about Yakutsk I learned from playing Risk)

10. Listen, I’m as anti-Russian as they get…..always have been. However, good on the “common (wo)man to do so. Вива ла сопротивление!!!

11. See America, you don’t need mail in ballots.

12. I don’t believe anything coming out of ruzzia anymore, and I don’t think trying to vote for someone else would change anything. I hope I’m wrong.

13. So far one of the only good choices I’ve seen being made aside from those who are protesting

14. These are the moments when I realise that I may have become a tad too anti-Russian as a result of the war in Ukraine. After all, there are very courageous, rational, reasonable and humane Russians… but unfortunately not enough of them. Far too few. And I guess trying to defeat Putin on a democratic path is a ludicrous idea. There is no real democracy, so it doesn’t matter how many signatures you collect during what looks like the battle of Hoth.

    But: I’ve just got a beer in my hand, so the next toast goes to the few brave Russians. These people must live like a sane person in a lunatic asylum with 500 crazy patients…

15. Isn’t Yakutsk the coldest residential area on earth? Idk how people live here

16. -43°C and they’re wearing a parka with no gloves? Thats like -10 at most.

17. “ElEcTiOnS…. ” This may be pure propaganda.

18. This is nice to see, but I don’t really see the point, they are living in a dictatorship the outcome is guaranteed !

19. The pen works at that temp? -45° F

20. I do hope the Russian masses rise up.

21. Jesus, -47 and they’re not wearing gloves? I’ll give them respect for that.

22. those russians have slanty eyes

23. Sadly it’s rigged. Putin will “win” again.

24. Turns out it was a “Dwight apology letter” scenario, where the document they actually signed was for the military service and they will be called up next.