Russia's ruling political party blows another two gubernatorial runoff elections, prompting a wave of new speculation about what it all means
Over the weekend, LDPR candidates routed the incumbent governors in two runoff elections. In Vladimir, Governor Svetlana Orlova lost to Vladimir Sipyagin, 37.46 percent to 57.03 percent, and in Khabarovsk, acting Governor Vyacheslav Shport lost to Sergey Furgal by a whopping 27.97 percent to 69.57 percent. The newsletter The Bell argues that LDPR’s candidates won these races in spite of themselves, riding the protest vote.