The independent monitoring group Golos says legal restrictions enacted by the government have deprived at least 9 million Russians, about 8 percent of the eligible population, of their right to be elected as September parliamentary elections near.
RFE/RL: 9 million Russians ‘deprived of right to be elected’
People walk along a pedestrian bridge by Zaryadye Park in central Moscow, with the Russian Foreign Ministry office building and one of the Kremlin towers (L) in background, on March 17, 2018.
Russians vote on March 18, a presidential election in which Vladimir Putin will seek a fourth term. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV
