Russian Legislation on Elections to the State Duma

Author(s): Arkadiy Lyubarev
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 106
Pages: 18-20
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2011

The Russian authorities have made a number of changes in the country's electoral legislation since the first State Duma elections in 1993. The key features of the current system have been in place since 2007. This article describes the most salient features of the law.

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