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This R&D provides resources on Russia’s parliamentary elections. The recent elections saw President Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, increase its number of seats, thereby controlling nearly three-quarters of the Russian Duma. This will allow United Russia to change the constitution if they wish to do so. Critics argued that the elections were not fairly conducted and that the campaign was “dull.” Voter turnout seemed to justify the latter statement as less than 50% of Russians cast ballots.
Vladimir Putin’s United Russia well ahead in parliamentary election but with reduced vote, exit polls suggest https://t.co/gEGKIcrrVV
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 18, 2016
Another rubber stamp Duma? Andrei Kolesnikov & Boris Makarenko discuss Russia’s upcoming parliamentary elections: https://t.co/M4T3BEkqXj
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) September 11, 2016
Great Reuters story on fraud at Russia’s weekend parliamentary elections https://t.co/zhtJlEPfzq
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) September 21, 2016
A reshuffle of Russia’s security services may follow the parliamentary elections https://t.co/UBXnB4aRWI
— The Economist (@EconEurope) September 19, 2016
Modern authoritarian regimes are more sophisticated than their predecessors; minimal freedoms exist, writes @baunov. https://t.co/hyoKiLxZdU
— Carnegie Russia (@CarnegieRussia) September 21, 2016
Putin declares victory in Russia’s parliamentary elections https://t.co/TfShLufrx5 🔓
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 19, 2016
What to watch for in Russia’s parliamentary election results: https://t.co/3LEcuhQQEu 🔓 by @Ssestanovich in @WSJThinkTank
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 18, 2016
Russian elections: President Putin’s party had 54.2 percent of the vote after 90 percent of ballots were counted https://t.co/WUgpZIxfGK
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) September 19, 2016
Some #Duma2016 background: 38% of Russians expect the elections to be rigged in some way: https://t.co/FtK0IBglFK #russia
— Katrin Scheib (@kscheib) September 16, 2016
#BREAKING Putin’s party wins parliamentary majority in Russia: official figures
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 19, 2016
Voter turnout in Russia election is down. “Voting is like urinating into a blocked toilet,” Russian taxi driver says https://t.co/QjMQdLzMBk
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) September 18, 2016
Everything you need to know about Russia’s parliamentary elections https://t.co/NdjmjzxjIX
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 17, 2016