INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
has been happening in Russia's regions
seats in regional councils and legislatures, as well as for the governorship of over 20 regions
Unsurprisingly,members of the ruling United Russia party retained their posts with comfortable majorities of over 70% in nearly all regions,
the Zapolyarny mine vote in the 2023 Krasnoyarsk region gubernatorial election at a polling station in Norilsk.Denis Kozhevnikov /
TASSReports of widespread voting irregularities marred the elections, as independent observers received hundreds of complaints about alleged
Authorities turned to a mixed toolkit for manipulating the election results, such as electronic voting systems designed to increase turnout,
noteworthy was not the results themselves but the lessons the Kremlin appears to have learned as it readies for the 2024 presidential
ideology alone to secure votes, and pro-war messaging requires careful calculation amid growing apathy among Russians toward the conflict in
Ukraine as well as rising prices at the store
Grayvoron district in May, triggering an evacuation of residents from the area
At least 13 people were injured during the attacks and one person died, according to Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov
repeated assurances that it has no plans for further military mobilization, authorities across Russia have continued to quietly recruit more
men into the armed forces
quotas than their counterparts in the Russian capital and other major urban centers.Meanwhile, the Kremlin was reportedly hoping to recruit
target.Tatarstan loses its presidentSituated in central Russia, the republic of Tatarstan has long been viewed as a stronghold of regional
treaty with Moscow.In January, however, the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov ratified a series of amendments to the region's
constitution that effectively removed the last vestigates of local self-governance
While 12 Russian regions were bestowed with local presidencies in the 1990s, these offices were gradually dissolved under pressure from the
of the year, caused by a range of issues, from higher costs of labor and transportation to the rising price of chicken feed and antibiotics,
which were imported from Europe before the war
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