No. 186: Duma Elections Preview

Author(s): Darrell Slider, Nikolai Petrov, Alexander Sazhnov, Andrei Shenin
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 186
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2016

This edition previews the upcoming Duma elections. Firstly, Darrell Slider and Nikolai Petrov consider the Kremlin’s strategy for the elections, arguing that the Central Election Commission is unable to stop the traditional use of “administrative resources.” Secondly, the same authors review United Russia’s primary elections, noting that they exposed intraparty conflicts. Thirdly, Alexander Sazhnov and Andrei Shenin provide an inside view of the United Russia primary in Saratov Oblast, suggesting that the process did little to convince people that the election of candidates is fair.

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