The polls are open in Russia’s Parliamentary elections. Surveys show that a majority of Russians are dissatisfied with the work of the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, and the Putin government has used dirty tricks against opposition candidates, and cracked down on independent election observers, to maximize the ruling United Russia party’s chances of winning the election.
RFE/RL has gathered the best of its company-wide election coverage in this English-language portal, which includes versioned reports from its Russian Service and Tatar-Bashkir Service, as well as the 24/7 Russian-language digital network Current Time.
RFE/RL experts are available for interview on TV, over the phone, or via email:
- Mike Eckel, RFE/RL Senior Correspondent (English, Russian)
eckelm@rferl.org – phone: +420.211.113.624 – @Mike_Eckel
** READ/WATCH Eckel’s reporting on pre-election dirty tricks against opposition candidates, and the opposition’s “Smart Voting” app and its banning in Russia
- Steve Gutterman, RFE/RL Russia Desk Editor (English, Russian)
guttermans@rferl.org – phone: +420.724.971.570 – @sgutterman
** READ/LISTEN to Gutterman’s “The Week in Russia” newsletter & podcast
- Andrey Shary, RFE/RL Russian Service Director (English, Russian)
SharyA@rferl.org – phone: +420.221.123.145 – @AndreyShary
** LIVE BLOGS with election coverage from Russia’s northwestern and northern regions and from Siberia and Russia’s Far East
** READ/WATCH Russian Service election coverage (in Russian)
- Pavel Butorin, Current Time Director (English, Russian)
ButorinP@rferl.org – @CurrentTimeTv
** READ/WATCH Current Time’s election coverage in Russian and in English
- Alsu Kurmasheva, RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Service Editor (English, Russian, Tatar)
KurmashevaA@rferl.org – phone: +420.221.122.251 – @idel_realii
** LIVE BLOG for election news from Russia’s oil-rich middle Volga region (in Russian)
** READ the Tatar-Bashkir Service’s election coverage (in Russian)
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