United Russia fired officials who failed State Duma elections
Immediately after the elections, the leaders of 18 regions were urgently summoned to the Kremlin on the carpet. These are “loser” governors who failed the main political exam of the year - in the State Duma elections on December 4, their regions received less than 35% of the votes. The main candidates for the Kremlin flogging were the governors of the Vladimir, Volgograd, Smolensk, Murmansk, Kostroma regions, as well as the Primorsky Territory, where from 30 to 38% voted for EdRo.