The news ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections this weekend has little to do with what we commonly associate with elections. There’s very little talk about polls—though credible surveys show that support for President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is cratering—and no discussion about kitchen-table issues Russian voters might actually care about.
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Members of a local election commission empty ballot boxes and sort ballots for the futher counting on Sept. 19 on the first day of the three-day parliamentary election in the far eastern city of Vladivostok on Sept. 17, 2021.
