15 September 2026
Television broadcast monitoring
"An unconditional lead for United Russia, second place for the Communist Party, and then there's an element of suspense" — TV channels announced the election results but cut their pre-election airtime even further.
14 September 2026
Social media monitoring
Putin and Bondarenko are again the main figures in election debates: the CEC annulled Bondarenko’s registration, while Putin backed the initiatives of United Russia’s top five
10 September 2026
Election commissions
"Who will do the counting?" Parts 3 and 4: Who, who is in charge in the election commission?
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Features of regional competition in 2026: results of the nomination and registration of candidates and party lists for the regional elections of 20 September 2026
10
Nomination and Registration of Candidates in the State Duma Elections Scheduled for 20 September 2026
15
"An unconditional lead for United Russia, second place for the Communist Party, and then there's an element of suspense" — TV channels announced the election results but cut their pre-election airtime even further.
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One for all: United Russia once again had to use Vladimir Putin for its TV campaigning
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Spoilers in the arena: TV channels help the Greens hijack New People's agenda
25
Putin instead of Yabloko: TV channels try to drown out the agenda with positive coverage of United Russia
18
Not a word for the defence: TV viewers never once heard the voice of an anti-war party
11
In the on-air politics of television channels, sharp changes occurred: Yabloko was criticised, and United Russia began to be praised more actively than before.
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A Celebration of Shared Misfortune: Federal TV Channels Seek to Project Unified Support for the “Special Military Operation” While Ignoring Yabloko’s “Peace Platform”
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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
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Lords of tedium: television channels devote three times less airtime to the elections than in 2021
14
Main protagonists: TV channels devoted airtime not to election contestants but to the CEC of Russia
14
Putin and Bondarenko are again the main figures in election debates: the CEC annulled Bondarenko’s registration, while Putin backed the initiatives of United Russia’s top five
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"Apple-free" depression: interest in elections has fallen, the LDPR for the first time took the lead because of Slutsky's car accident, Rodina threatens nuclear war
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Bondarenko more popular than Putin: wave of candidate registration cancellations eclipses president's speech
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Yabloko's appeal dismissed, Schlosberg sentenced to 11 years: analogue GosMir cracks down on social media
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Yabloko removed from the elections: how a single lawsuit shaped the week's agenda on social media
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Losing Control: Yabloko and New People’s Social Media Popularity Begins to Slip Beyond the Reach of Domestic-Policy Managers
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Sympathy Keeps You Warm: Yabloko Closes In on New People on Social Media Following a Wave of Electoral Disqualifications and Repression
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Campaigning governors: how United Russia uses official social media accounts to boost its visibility
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Not a place for discussion: the number of posts about parties on social media is falling, while people's demand for discussing politics and the economy is growing
13
Quieter than water, lower than grass: the volume of campaigning on social media has fallen sharply
14
Что парламентские партии думают о голосовании через интернет
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From experiment to infrastructure: a chronology of the making of REV
28
From internet scissors to the main valve: how Russia killed the global network
27
How the Runet blocking machine was built
26
Collecting signatures for candidates: how a sensible idea degenerated into a loyalty test
19
From slogan to compliance: how the regulation of election campaigning has changed
17
The minefield of election campaigning
14
Sterilising the ballot as a method of keeping the country's population in obedience
13
Rules for us and for them: how electoral law becomes a filter
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Departyzation: how the Russian state regulated the party system
News
10 September 2026
TechnologiesRussian Federation"InformUIK": election commission members required to check voters' loyalty
The questionnaire for PEC members contains questions that make it possible to determine whether a given voter will vote for the party in power.
25 August 2026
Nomination and registrationCity of St PetersburgCourt in St Petersburg removes A Just Russia and LDPR from ballot in Avtovo
In the previous elections, the SRs won, and in the current municipal council they hold 19 out of 20 seats.
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
Reviews
14 September 2026
Что парламентские партии думают о голосовании через интернет
Давайте посмотрим, какого мнение об этих системах у парламентских партий России, которых ДЭГ касается самым непосредственным образом
9 September 2026
Remote votingWork of deputiesRussian FederationFrom experiment to infrastructure: a chronology of the making of REV
The authorities tested the system, gradually making it impervious to independent observation, and expanded the geography of its use, so that in the coming years internet voting may completely displace ordinary paper ballots.
28 August 2026
Work of deputiesRussian FederationFrom internet scissors to the main valve: how Russia killed the global network
Russia has travelled a path from blocking individual resources to centralised traffic management, mobile internet shutdowns and “white lists” where not the entire internet works, but only what the state has permitted to remain switched on.
27 August 2026
Work of deputiesRussian FederationHow the Runet blocking machine was built
Over the course of more than ten years, Russia has built a full-fledged legal and administrative system for governing the internet.
Analysis
15 September 2026
Television broadcast monitoringRussian Federation"An unconditional lead for United Russia, second place for the Communist Party, and then there's an element of suspense" — TV channels announced the election results but cut their pre-election airtime even further.
Report on monitoring of federal television channels during the thirteenth week (7–13 September) of the election campaign for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026
14 September 2026
Social media monitoringRussian FederationPutin and Bondarenko are again the main figures in election debates: the CEC annulled Bondarenko’s registration, while Putin backed the initiatives of United Russia’s top five
Report on social media monitoring for the twelfth week (1–7 September) of the election campaign for the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026.
10 September 2026
Election commissionsRussian Federation"Who will do the counting?" Parts 3 and 4: Who, who is in charge in the election commission?
Analytical report on the composition of election commissions in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation at the start of the 2026 State Duma elections, in four parts
8 September 2026
Television broadcast monitoringRussian FederationOne for all: United Russia once again had to use Vladimir Putin for its TV campaigning
Monitoring report on federal television channels during the twelfth week (31 August – 6 September) of the election campaign for the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026