Ksenia Smolyakova explains why Vladimir Putin should have been removed from the 2018 elections and how regional administrations are withdrawing some funds from budgets to keep municipal bureaucracy under control
Ksenia Smolyakova explains why Russia's current elections are so low key
Ksenia Smolyakova on the context of the current elections in Russia
Ksenia Smolyakova sums up the results of the most rigged elections in modern Russian history
Ksenia Smolyakova examines how voters in Russia's regions missed out on the country's main election campaign
It might seem that authoritarian elections in Russia have not changed much in the course of six years, but this is not the case. Ksenia Smolyakova discusses the changes that have taken place and their meaning
Ksenia Smolyakova discusses the outcomes of the elections in Russian regions
Ksenia Smolyakova dives into the specifics of regional and local elections in Russia in September 2023
Ksenia Smoliakova on how the Russian parties that supported the war are losing MPs and voters
Ksenia Smolyakova explores how incumbent politicians refuse to hand their jobs to veterans of Russia's war in Ukraine; they imitate them instead.
Ksenia Smolyakova explains why it is important to follow the 2023 elections in Russia