In the runup to the Sept. 19 Duma and regional parliamentary elections, many are correctly pointing out that in Russia elections have turned into a meaningless exercise given that all opposition has been excluded and the results have become absolutely predictable, Vadim Shtepa says.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during the United Russia ruling party's annual congress in Moscow, on June 19, 2021.
