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28 July 2026AnalysisTelevision broadcast monitoringRussian Federation
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
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 2026Analysis
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 2026AnalysisElection 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 2026ReviewLitigationOrenburg Oblast
A 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"
21 July 2026AnalysisTelevision broadcast monitoringRussian Federation
Lords 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
20 July 2026AnalysisSocial media monitoringRussian Federation
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
Report on social media monitoring in the fourth 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
15 July 2026ReviewAbusesLitigation
The 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 2026ReviewWork of deputiesRussian Federation
Ecology or business? The most dangerous laws of the State Duma, 2021–2026
Five most dangerous legislative initiatives for environmental protection regulation
14 July 2026AnalysisTelevision broadcast monitoringRussian Federation
Main protagonists: TV channels devoted airtime not to election contestants but to the CEC of Russia
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels during the fourth 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
13 July 2026AnalysisSocial media monitoringRussian Federation
Quieter than water, lower than grass: the volume of campaigning on social media has fallen sharply
Report on social-media monitoring in the third 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
8 July 2026AnalysisElection commissionsRussian Federation
"And who is going to do the counting?" Part 1: The non-public public
Analytical report on the composition of the election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation at the start of the 2026 State Duma election campaign, in four parts
7 July 2026AnalysisPartiesTelevision broadcast monitoring
Favourite child: New People have emerged as the leaders in attention from federal TV channels
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels during the third 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
6 July 2026AnalysisSocial media monitoringRussian Federation
Thousands of official public pages are illegally campaigning for United Russia
Report on social media monitoring in the second 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
2 July 2026AnalysisLegislationRussian Federation
Legal parameters of regional parliament elections
How the rules for holding elections and allocating seats in regional parliament elections have changed over five years
30 June 2026AnalysisTelevision broadcast monitoringRussian Federation
Invisible parties: TV channels failed to notice the pre-election congresses of Yabloko, Rodina and the Pensioners' Party
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels in the second 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
28 June 2026AnalysisSocial media monitoringRussian Federation
Social media pulse: how political parties are performing in social media at the start of the campaign
Report on social-media monitoring during the first week of the campaign for the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IX convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026
24 June 2026AnalysisPartiesRussian Federation
The party system at the start of the 2026 single voting day campaign
How many parties will be able to contest the State Duma elections, and what happened to those who dropped off the list
23 June 2026AnalysisPartiesTelevision broadcast monitoringRussian Federation
In a zone of special inattention: TV channels ignore the start of the election campaign
Report on the monitoring of federal television channels during the first week of the election campaign for elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation, scheduled for 20 September 2026
22 June 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayKrasnodar Krai
A 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
18 June 2026AnalysisLegislationRussian Federation
Changes to federal electoral legislation from July 2021 to May 2026
Analytical report
8 June 2026NewsLitigationPressureKurgan Oblast
The 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
2 June 2026AnalysisElitesRussian Federation
Regional nomenclature in 2026: evolution and adaptation in new conditions
Full text of Alexander Kynev's report
We are publishing the full text of Alexander Kynev's report
1 June 2026NewsPrimariesTomsk Oblast
Ilya 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
28 May 2026ReviewElection commissionsAbusesOrenburg Oblast
The 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
26 May 2026ReviewAbusesTomsk Oblast
Mothers and daughters: can a deputy whose daughter is under investigation win the primaries?
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
26 May 2026ReviewAbusesPressureKirov Oblast
“The Kirov transit”: how the mandate of convicted deputy Belousov did not go to Redkina, chief physician of the hospital — and what TV presenter Kim has to do with it
The injured party in this story turned out to be the voters of Kirov, who lost their representation in the State Duma
25 May 2026ReviewAbusesTomsk Oblast
In Tomsk Oblast, the former head of the local United Russia branch died in a pre-trial detention centre
His former boss and fellow party member was also recently arrested
29 April 2026ReviewLegislationPartiesRemote votingRussian Federation
How election laws were tightened: restrictions for "extremists" and the abolition of the mobile voter mechanism
We are beginning a series of publications on the degradation of Russian electoral legislation over the past five years
27 April 2026NewsElections 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
24 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationOryol Oblast
A deputy of the Oryol Oblast Council attempted to bribe an FSB officer in order to keep his ex-wife under surveillance
Sergei Tushkov was found guilty of bribing an official and fined 3.2 million rubles
22 April 2026ReviewPressurePartiesPskov OblastRepublic of KareliaCity of St Petersburg
"Yabloko" (non-)rescue: authorities continue to knock prominent Yabloko members out of the upcoming elections
"Yabloko" remains the only political force registered in Russia that opposes the conduct of the SVO
21 April 2026ReviewPressureAbusesMoscow
Shot in the foot: how Moscow's communists were "cleaned out" on the eve of the war
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
20 April 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayOrenburg OblastRepublic of North Ossetia — AlaniaKomi RepublicVolgograd Oblast
In Komi, a village council was re-elected after a child's death
In addition, votes were held in North Ossetia, Orenburg Oblast and Volgograd Oblast
17 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationFraudTula Oblast
Former senator from Tula sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony for organising a murder
Dmitry Savelyev went from paramilitary guard and combat veteran to organiser of electoral fraud, and then of preparation for murder
16 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationCity of St Petersburg
A St Petersburg deputy, Alexander Malkevich — Prigozhin's media mercenary who smeared Russian independent observers — will stand trial
Aleksandr Malkevich charged with embezzlement on an especially large scale
15 April 2026ReviewPressureAbusesLitigationChelyabinsk Oblast
Pasta monster: how the billion-rouble assets of a deputy and former governor ended up under the control of the Patrushev family
The criminal case against Mikhail Yurevich, the former principal owner of the Makfa agricultural holding, has been referred to court
13 April 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayKomi RepublicRepublic of Khakassia
In Khabarovsk Krai, elections replaced the head of a village who had lost the governor's confidence
In addition, voting was held in the Republic of Komi: in a village that can only be reached by car over the ice
8 April 2026ReviewAbusesOryol Oblast
"Faceless deputy" to stand trial in Oryol Oblast
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.
6 April 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayMagadan OblastKamchatka KraiZabaykalsky KraiRepublic of BashkortostanNovosibirsk Oblast
United Russia won 75% of local council seats in the first half of the electoral cycle
On 5 April, local government elections were held in five regions of Russia
3 April 2026ReviewPartiesRepublic of Karelia
Party life in Karelia over five years: who left the legislative assembly and why
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
2 April 2026ReviewPressurePartiesKrasnoyarsk Krai
How the LDPR was put under pressure in Krasnoyarsk Krai for five years
For a decade, Alexander Gliskov was in effect the krai's most prominent opposition figure
1 April 2026ReviewAbusesVolgograd Oblast
A deputy of the Volgograd Oblast Duma failed to leave quietly
A court has denied Stanislav Korotkov the right to give up his mandate of his own volition
31 March 2026ReviewCourse of the campaignChelyabinsk Oblast
How they are preparing for the elections in the home region of the new Oscar laureate Pavel Talankin — Chelyabinsk Oblast
How the region from the Oscar-winning film "Mr Nobody Against Putin" is preparing for the upcoming State Duma elections
30 March 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayTver OblastThe Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
In Torzhok, deputies of the municipal okrug were elected for the second time in six months
United Russia took all the mandates on both occasions. Voting was also held in Yakutia on 29 March
30 March 2026ReviewElection commissionsRussian Federation
What the (not) departing composition of Russia's CEC will be remembered for
On 25 March the composition of Russia's Central Election Commission changed; 12 of the CEC's 15 members were reappointed.
24 March 2026ReviewAbusesRepublic of Bashkortostan
"Russia — My History": how the manager of a patriotic park seized city land in Ufa
Using his connections in the administration, Iosif Marach privatised far more valuable municipal property quite cheaply
23 March 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayKrasnodar KraiVladimir OblastRepublic of Khakassia
The election of deputies in four new districts took place in Vladimir Oblast on 22 March.
In addition, voting also took place in Krasnodar Krai and Khakassia
17 March 2026ReviewAbusesOryol Oblast
"Tamara and I go around as a pair": in Oryol Oblast, the head and the chairman of the district Council of one district are under investigation
Boris Makashov and Vladimir Marakhin are accused of misappropriating two land plots worth 5.5 million rubles
16 March 2026NewsElections outside the single voting dayThe Republic of DagestanAltai KraiSakhalin Oblast
Five self-nominated candidates won seats in the 15 March elections
The remaining mandates went to United Russia
11 March 2026ReviewAbusesRepublic of Karelia
How a deputy derailed the waste reform in Karelia
Vladimir Kvanin of New People arrested over machinations in the purchase of a regional waste operator
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