Russia’s parliamentary election, which starts on Sept. 17, is still three weeks away. But the number of opposition candidates who have made it onto the ballot — already scarce to begin with — is shrinking by the day.
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Women talk in Zaryadye park in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower during the sunset in downtown Moscow on May 18, 2021, as temperatures have reached 31 degrees Celsius.