Duma elections

It’s common knowledge that elections in Russia are heavily manipulated by the authorities. But to what extent? Recently the independent journalistic...

Although United Russia easily won the elections, there was nervousness at the Kremlin. On election day Putin's favoured oligarch Oleg Deripaska of...

On September 19 Russia sees Duma elections. In fear of a (far fetched) Belarusian scenario and angered by Navalny's challenge the Kremlin decided to...