28 July 2026
Television broadcast monitoring
Know your place: for TV channels, New People and the Communist Party are out of favour, and the "minor parties" do not exist at all
27 July 2026
Campaigning governors: how United Russia uses official social media accounts to boost its visibility
22 July 2026
Election commissions
"And who will do the counting?" Part 2: The simulation of a multi-party system
News
22 June 2026
Elections outside the single voting dayKrasnodar KraiA United Russia member replaced the incumbent head of a settlement he had fallen out of favour with, in elections in Krasnodar Krai on 21 June
Chernomorskoye urban settlement was previously headed by a representative of the Communist Party (CPRF); he received three years in prison for having signed off on a park before the landscaping work on it was completed
8 June 2026
LitigationPressureKurgan OblastThe only Communist in the Kurgan city duma has been stripped of his mandate twice
At an extraordinary session, deputies had to urgently amend a resolution that had already been adopted
1 June 2026
PrimariesTomsk OblastIlya Leontyev won the primaries in Tomsk, Tatyana Solomatina came second
The daughter of State Duma deputy Solomatina is under investigation; this may have prevented her from winning the vote
27 April 2026
Elections outside the single voting dayThe Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)Self-nominated candidates' seats passed to United Russia members after the 26 April elections in Yakutia
All five seats in Khalbakinsky nasleg went to self-nominated candidates, and after the election United Russia took every one of them
Reviews
21 July 2026
LitigationOrenburg OblastA member of the Orenburg city council is on trial for organising the murder of several people
Alexei Kuzmin, a United Russia member, is linked to the Orenburg "gang of hitmen"
15 July 2026
AbusesLitigationThe Orenburg city council deputy is on trial for the murder of several people
In 2021 Kuzmin became the wealthiest deputy on the city council, with a declared income of 132 million roubles.
14 July 2026
Work of deputiesRussian FederationEcology or business? The most dangerous laws of the State Duma, 2021–2026
Five most dangerous legislative initiatives for environmental protection regulation
28 May 2026
Election commissionsAbusesOrenburg OblastThe Orenburg Oblast election commission has been taken over by United Russia functionaries
The deputy chair of the commission is linked to the scandal at the elections in Vesenny: there the opposition alleged falsifications, but was unable to challenge the results in court
Analysis
28 July 2026
Television broadcast monitoringRussian FederationKnow your place: for TV channels, New People and the Communist Party are out of favour, and the "minor parties" do not exist at all
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels in the sixth week (20–26 July) of the campaign for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 9th convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026
27 July 2026
Campaigning governors: how United Russia uses official social media accounts to boost its visibility
Report on social media monitoring during the fifth week of the campaign for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IX convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026
22 July 2026
Election commissionsRussian Federation"And who will do the counting?" Part 2: The simulation of a multi-party system
Analytical report on the composition of the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation at the start of the 2026 State Duma election campaign, in four parts
21 July 2026
Television broadcast monitoringRussian FederationLords of tedium: television channels devote three times less airtime to the elections than in 2021
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels in the fifth week of the campaign for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IX convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026