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29 April 2026ReviewLegislationPartiesRemote votingWork of deputiesRussian 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