In the previous elections, the SRs won, and in the current municipal council they hold 19 out of 20 seats.

Analytical report

Analytical Report

Results of the nomination and registration of candidates and party lists in the regional and local elections scheduled for 14 September 2025

How we assess electoral freedom and the situation across the regions in 2025

In Arkhangelsk and Irkutsk Oblasts, the incumbent regional heads will face competition from strong candidates

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.

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.