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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