Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over four years ago, Russia is holding its first parliamentary elections. In this guide, we outline the various candidates and give an insight into how Russians will vote.
Vasili Pridoruk, 35, a Muscovite street sweeper, revealed his choices.
“I’ve looked at all the candidates for the election and am thinking of voting for Putin.”
Despite plummeting approval ratings for Vladimir Putin, millions dead on the Ukraine meatgrinder frontline and minimal territorial gains in the brutal war, many Russians are being forced to vote for only one man.
This is Russia.
