Once they're mobilized to fight in Putin's war, I don't think they'll be doing much voting.
I had a bit of a horrific "Aha" moment after being reminded of this thread again
...What's the uh, "security" look like concerning overseas Vote-by-Mail? Y'know, against Voter Fraud?
What stops, say,
in theory - Russia having this cake and eating it too?
That is to say, ship these warm bodies off to the meat-grinder, while On Paper they're living out their dream-life in this village or whatever, and are basically a bunch of Pocket Ballots for Russia to cast for whatever Compromised stooge is up for an election in the US?
But like they do know Russia gun laws right?
Like unless they are carving out exemptions I do believe it's fairly easy to get a license but initially it's only for shotguns or pneumatic weapons, five years after that without any flags you are allowed to buy rifles.
That doesn't seem like it'd mesh with anyone crazy enough to contemplate this idea.
I think you're giving Russian Legalism too much credit. It's not a Rule of Law country, laws exist to be Selectively Enforced against those The State dislikes, not maintain actual Law and Order. Their "Exemption" would be in the form of being guests of The State.