Moscow: Parliament three days Russia and local elections are closed on Sundays, with most criticism of the Kremlin is prohibited from running and the ruling United Russian party is expected to maintain its majority.
From the spoiler candidate for TV personality, here are five types of candidates who will be seen by Russia on their ballots on the last day of voting: with the United Russia faced by low popularity rankings, Kremlin tries to change the picture and introduce fresh faces.
Among them were Denis Denis Protsenko, who was responsible for Moscow’s main Covid-19 hospital and battle symbol against Coronavirus.
He initially rejected the nomination, but after the call from President Vladimir Putin, the 46-year-old stepman stepped forward.
Another new name is Maria Butina, who in 2018 was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the United States for acting illegal as a foreign agent for Russia.
After the deportation, the 32-year-old weapon rights activist was a guest who was often on country television and now accommodated performances in RT, the TV channel funded by the Kremlin.
This year, he took the film crew to the prison criticism of Kremlin Alexei Navalny – then with a hunger strike and demanded medical care – comparing his condition in prison to the summer camp.
Almost all vocal kremlin is prohibited.
Towards polls, organizations related to Putin Top Critics Navalny were labeled “extremists”, preventing his allies from voting.
Navalny himself almost did not survive poisoning by the nerve agent last summer and was imprisoned on charges of old fraud in February.
Kremin criticized Andrei Pivovarov, who was running because of parliament, transported from flight and detained.
The 39-year-old campaigned from behind the bar in the southern city of Krasnodar, with the help of his lawyer and volunteer.
Former Executive Director of the Putin Critic group which is now disbanded open Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, faces up to six years in prison for his involvement in the organization “unwanted”.
Darya Artamonova, 19, an independent candidate who ran for the city council in the city of Siberia, said he had received many threats, including the funeral bouquets sent to their parents.
The use of spoilers – non-winners, often named candidates who run weaken support for popular politicians – are general tactics.
In Saint Petersburg, the tactic was brought to the extreme.
Boris Vishnevsky opposition politician, who was running for the election to regional parliament in the second city of Russia, competed with two other people named “Boris Vishnevsky” and who, like him, salt botel and short salt beard.
Moscow-based opposition politician Ilya Yashin, which was prohibited from running, said he also had rivals with the same family name.
Yashin said that candidates did not have his photo or first name, Alexei, on campaign posters in a real effort to confuse voters.
In the Central Moscow district – houses for Kremlin, Parliament and many ministries – the ruling party does not seem to have candidates.
But the opposition believes political beginners Oleg Leonov – who run volunteer organizations who are looking for missing people – have been submitted by United Russia.
He denied such a link.
Two allies of Putin’s highest profile – Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, 66, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, 71 – Head of a list of candidates for the ruling party.
Both have high approval rating and their presence on the list aims to increase the number of voters.
According to the Pollster Pollster managed by the state, less than 30 percent of Russia said they planned to choose the ruling party, down from more than 40 percent in the last high sub-section in 2016.
In the Russian political system controlled with the friendly Kremlin opposition candidate token was allowed to Run parliament.
In addition to the ruling party, other major forces in the rubber stamp parliament were the Communist Party, the Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and left-leaning on Russia.
They are permitted to criticize the dominant party but all are expected to give birth to the Kremlin line and support Moscow’s policy, whether it’s an increase in retirement age or constitutional amendment that allows Putin to extend its power to 2036.
Detainees, newcomers, spoilers: Russian election candidates
