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Story summary
- Alexey Chernov, a 44-year-old candidate, gave a 28-second pitch on large families during the parliamentary election broadcast.
- The host reminded him he could speak for a minute.
- Chernov declined to add more after the reminder.
- After his remarks, the broadcast showed only a ticking clock for the remaining seconds.
- Analysts call the vote a sham election descending into farce and warn it could precede larger war mobilisation.
