Alexei Kuzmin, a United Russia member, is linked to the Orenburg "gang of hitmen"

In 2021 Kuzmin became the wealthiest deputy on the city council, with a declared income of 132 million roubles.

Five most dangerous legislative initiatives for environmental protection regulation

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

Tatyana Solomatina — deputy chair of the State Duma committee on health protection — is seeking nomination as a candidate for the State Duma in Tomsk Oblast's only single-mandate constituency

The injured party in this story turned out to be the voters of Kirov, who lost their representation in the State Duma

His former boss and fellow party member was also recently arrested

We are beginning a series of publications on the degradation of Russian electoral legislation over the past five years

Sergei Tushkov was found guilty of bribing an official and fined 3.2 million rubles

"Yabloko" remains the only political force registered in Russia that opposes the conduct of the SVO

A detective story involving an elk has led to the stripping of parliamentary immunity — and of the mandate — from the leader of Moscow's Communists, Valery Rashkin

Dmitry Savelyev went from paramilitary guard and combat veteran to organiser of electoral fraud, and then of preparation for murder

Aleksandr Malkevich charged with embezzlement on an especially large scale

The criminal case against Mikhail Yurevich, the former principal owner of the Makfa agricultural holding, has been referred to court

Sergei Kutenyov, a United Russia deputy, entered the political life of the Oryol region swiftly and with considerable flair. Just as swiftly and with just as much flair, he left it.

Three of the seven factions — the United Russia, A Just Russia and New People groupings — were unable to serve out the term with their membership unchanged

For a decade, Alexander Gliskov was in effect the krai's most prominent opposition figure

A court has denied Stanislav Korotkov the right to give up his mandate of his own volition

How the region from the Oscar-winning film "Mr Nobody Against Putin" is preparing for the upcoming State Duma elections

On 25 March the composition of Russia's Central Election Commission changed; 12 of the CEC's 15 members were reappointed.

Using his connections in the administration, Iosif Marach privatised far more valuable municipal property quite cheaply

Boris Makashov and Vladimir Marakhin are accused of misappropriating two land plots worth 5.5 million rubles

Vladimir Kvanin of New People arrested over machinations in the purchase of a regional waste operator