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24 November 2025AnalysisElection campaign resultsRussian Federation
A bet on the status quo, administrative mobilisation and hypothetical signs of the beginning of political activation
Overall results of the 2025 election campaign and prospects for the 2026 elections
10 September 2025AnalysisNomination and registrationRussian Federation
Managed competition in 2025: contraction to the parliamentary parties
Results of the nomination and registration of candidates and party lists in the regional and local elections scheduled for 14 September 2025
8 September 2025AnalysisNomination and registrationRussian Federation
Review of the outcomes of nomination and registration of candidates for heads of regions in the elections scheduled for 14 September 2025
The powers of Yelena Mayatnikova, a voting member of the Pskov Oblast Election Commission, were terminated early following a court ruling on interference in the elections. Mayatnikova had been a member of the commission representing the Yabloko party since 2016. She is a retired prosecution service official and worked for 17 years in the supervisory system.
8 September 2025AnalysisNomination and registrationRussian Federation
Index of (un)free elections of regional heads
Despite the general trends in domestic politics, Russia remains a large and diverse country in which elections can differ profoundly in substance and in form — in some places there has been no political competition at all for a couple of decades already, while in others a hidden or even open struggle between elites continues, and independent candidates are nominated who stand against the incumbent heads of regions.