In the contest for the best duets of all time, first place definitely does not go to Leps and Lorak. Nor to Vaikule and Leontiev. Nor to Jay-Z and Beyoncé. ⠀ Just look at this pair. What a feel for each other, what trust. What coordination. Perfect synchronization. ⠀ The duo of the Bunker Grandpa and the Witch from the Central Election Commission unquestionably takes first prize with their number, "The Most Honest Elections." ⠀ They stuffed in 26 million votes (see the research by mathematician Sergei Shpilkin and many others), and even held voting on tree stumps (a reference to improvised outdoor polling during Russia’s 2020 constitutional vote). Today, Meduza published an investigation showing that thousands of invalid passports were used in the "electronic voting." ⠀ And these two, without batting an eye, bask in each other’s glow and sing to the whole country about the fairest vote imaginable. The observers are delighted. The journalists loved it. A model of democracy. ⠀ Magnificent. ⠀ Still, old-timers may remember there was once a similar duo with a similar song. ⠀ "As long as there are fools in the world, it suits us just fine to live by deceit." I think that’s how they sang it.