Russia Local Elections 2020

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Russia local elections 2020. The ruling united russia party. Out of the subjects capitals only 9 from the 85 recognized territories capitals have direct mayoral elections. The effect of protests in khabarovsk a far east region rocked by two months of protests over the arrest of its popular governor could expand into the 2020 voting regions.

Elections for mayors in russia are direct and based on universal suffrage and are held in a small number of cities. A man votes at a polling station in novosibirsk russia on september 13 2020. Navalny allies win council seats as putin s party claims victory this article is more than 2 months old associates of russian opposition leader alexei navalny celebrate.

Final results are trickling in after voters across russia cast ballots this weekend in local regional and gubernatorial elections. President vladimir putin s ruling party united russia retained control of councils and governorships in most of the 41 regions which went to the polls for local elections on sunday 13 september. Send us your feedback.

This is the first election russia has held since the vote on controversial constitutional amendments that gave putin.