Rosenberg: Russia's elections will have few surprises, but for the Kremlin they matter
So no story?Far from it.For the Kremlin, the election of 450 deputies to the lower house of parliament, the Duma, is important. This is the first parliamentary election here since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But there have been some."Good evening and welcome to tonight's campaign speeches by candidates for Duma Electoral District 158," said the anchor on state TV.The studio director cut to a wide shot revealing six empty lecterns."The candidates haven't turned up," admitted the host.
- ▪So no story?Far from it.For the Kremlin, the election of 450 deputies to the lower house of parliament, the Duma, is important.
- ▪This is the first parliamentary election here since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- ▪But there have been some."Good evening and welcome to tonight's campaign speeches by candidates for Duma Electoral District 158," said the anchor on state TV.The studio director cut to a wide shot revealing six empty lecterns."The candidate
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Rosenberg: Russia's elections will have few surprises, but for the Kremlin they matter<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Low expectations that Russia's election will bring peace closer, Steve Rosenberg reportsBySteve RosenbergRussia editor, Reporting fromMoscow and DmitrovPublished12 minutes agoThe system of power in Russia is often referred to as "managed democracy" (where the Kremlin does the managing).That means huge powers for the…
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