Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
Russia’s fifth wartime elections dominated regional coverage over the past week, with more than 45,000 government positions up for grabs across 80 regions, including 19 gubernatorial, 11 parliamentary and 25 city council races. The races were accompanied by widespread reports of electoral fraud, including tried-and-true tactics of carousel voting and ballot stuffing.
Though a few gubernatorial races, namely in the Irkutsk and Arkhangelsk regions, initially promised some suspense, all resulted in sweeping victories of United Russia-backed incumbents.
The ruling party also emerged victorious in regional parliamentary
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