As Russia’s “parliamentary campaign” gets underway, its participants—the handful of officially sanctioned parties—try their best to animate the predetermined spectacle, which will end on December 4 with a convincing “victory” for Vladimir Putin’s United Russia. Two parties—Right Cause and Just Russia (through its youth wing, the Young Socialists)—have unveiled “shadow governments” that would take power if they win in December...
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