Candidates Expelled, Activist Detained Ahead of Russian Elections
Despite the fact that the share of 'yes' votes in the polls in our sample for this party is the lowest, the faction still supported 21 repressive and reactionary initiatives of the State Duma, such as the law on 'fake news', on permanent conscription, on electronic summonses, and others.
Consensus
- The State Duma elections are approaching in Russia.
- Multiple incidents involving candidates and activists occurred in different regions.
- The Central Election Commission of Russia did not find violations in political advertising by major parties.
- Voting was facilitated in remote areas of the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug via helicopter.
- The political advertising by LDPR and 'Fair Russia' was published in a Telegram channel linked to an extremist group.
- The advertising was not labeled as such and did not include proper disclaimers.
- Donations to the Telegram channel owner are subject to criminal prosecution in Russia.
- The party 'Yabloko' was removed from the elections due to AI-generated images and quotes from a song.
Points of divergence
- A candidate from 'New People' was expelled in Irkutsk and denied access to scheduled meetings with school staff. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- An activist in Novosibirsk was detained after a solo protest with a sign reading 'I don't vote for United Russia'. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The media described the voting process in the tundra as 'democracy in action'. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- All major parliamentary parties support the Kremlin's course and the full-scale war against Ukraine. — novaya_eu
- In 20 out of 30 analyzed votes on controversial laws passed after the start of the full-scale war, no deputies voted against. — novaya_eu
- The analysis focused on 30 key laws related to war, political repression, internet censorship, and personal rights. — novaya_eu
Coverage (2 sources)
- Evicted in Irkutsk, detained in Novosibirsk, and democracy is working in the tundra — towards the elections — Говорит НеМосква
- Za — Новая газета Европа
Key entities
- Russia
- IrkuTska
- LDPR
- Novosibirsk
- Ukraine
- State Duma
- CIC
- Fair Russia
- United Russia
- KPRF
- State of Men
- Vladislav Pozdnyakov