Putin's awkward online voting video features a Dell PC and an "Activate Windows" watermark
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Facepalm: Russia might have spent more than a decade trying to drop US technology in favor of home-grown alternatives, but it appears that even President Vladimir Putin is happy to use a Dell PC and Windows for a video showing him casting his vote. It also seems that the Kremlin didn't want to pay Microsoft the $139 activation key: Putin was using an unactivated copy of the OS, and looked about as comfortable using the computer as most 73-year-olds would.
In the clip, the Russian president was casting his vote online in the country's State Duma elections, which were held between September 18 and 20 to elect members of the lower house.
But the video is getting a lot of attention for reasons unlikely to please the Russian president. Firstly, there's no attempt...
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