(Chatham House) The disqualification of opposition candidates ahead of an election to Moscow’s city duma on 8 September have spurred the largest protests seen in the city since 2011–12. Increasing waves of mass protests reached around 50,000 participants on 10 August, and there is no sign of them stopping. Nikolai Petrov explains the implications of these protests and the Kremlin’s response. […]
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Professor, Department of Comparative Politics; Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, Russia; Chatham House, UK
Expertise
Russia, Politics, Elites, Elections, Regions, Georgraphy
