Political scientist: the Kremlin did not expect difficulties in the elections, stripping Novosibirsk, Omsk and Altai
“United Russia” after the presidential election began to look like a “party of unpopular reforms”, local elites and loyalists were unhappy, and many candidates did not use its symbolism in their districts. All this, as well as a number of important regional features, influenced the results of the election on September 9, told Taiga.info, the director of the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Research (ISEPI), Alexander Glakeov.