Hear from:
Ben Noble Associate Professor in Russian Politics, University College, London and Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Ilya Matveev Researcher and lecturer; founding editor of the online publication Openleft.ru; member of the Public Sociology Laboratory
Chair, Thomas Rowley Lead Editor at oDR
'New schemes of deception': what Russian election observers told us
Amid accusations of falsifications and violations, openDemocracy speaks to election observers who monitored this week's parliamentary election in St Petersburg
Natalia Shkurenok
Russia’s polling industry is gravely wrong. Here’s how to change it
Yes, ‘Family Fortunes’-style questions could go some way to help better inform a Putin-manipulated electorate in a distorted political landscape
Sergei Erofeev
A democratic socialist running for Russian parliament. What could go wrong?
Not much, if Communist candidate Mikhail Lobanov has anything to do with it. The Corbyn and Sanders fan is open to alliances across the divide
Dmitry Sidorov
