The new State Duma convened for its first session in record time – just ten days after the elections. And that is not the only record of this convocation: United Russia won the largest number of seats in its history…
The party of power is again taking a constitutional majority in the State Duma and may form the largest faction in its history. According to preliminary Central Election Commission data, United Russia is taking around 58% of the vote, and…
For the first time Russia is electing State Duma deputies from the occupied territories of Ukraine. The vote is being held under martial law and amid continuing fighting, so a large share of voters cast their ballots early. Ukraine and…
Voting in the State Duma elections begins in Russia on 18 September. The organisers had planned to run this parliamentary campaign as calmly and predictably as possible, but in the end they created a problem for themselves: first they registered…
Following the exclusion of Yabloko’s federal list from the State Duma elections, candidates from the CPRF have begun to face registration issues. The party’s most high-profile figures are being barred from standing in the elections. The reasons vary widely: from…
On 17 August, the Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Court upheld the decision to remove Yabloko’s federal list from the State Duma elections. The party was excluded from the elections on grounds of alleged ‘foreign funding’, social media posts and…
Following the decision by the Supreme Court to revoke the registration of Yabloko’s federal list for the State Duma elections, the party has decided to scrutinise its political opponents using the same criteria that the court applied to it
“Russia/Yabloko/Freedom” Photo: Project “A Word for the Defense” The Russian Supreme Court revoked the registration of “Yabloko’s” federal slate for the State Duma elections. It was the only party that made ending the war the central focus of its campaign.…
There are less than two months to go until the elections to the Russian State Duma. Vladimir Putin has officially bid farewell to the deputies of the previous convocation and expressed his confidence that the parties will conduct their election…
