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The Impact of Party Primaries and the All-Russian Popular Front on the Composition of United Russia’s Majority in the Sixth Duma

The Impact of Party Primaries and the All-Russian Popular Front on the Composition of United Russia’s Majority in the Sixth Duma

Author(s): Paul Chaisty
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 127
Pages: 8-12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

Duma scandals involving members of United Russia-notably the Vladimir Pekhtin affair-have further undermined the credibility of Russia’s parliamentary elite over the last year. This is despite measures that were taken before the 2011 parliamentary elections to clean up the ruling party: party primaries and the creation of the All-Russian Popular Front. This article examines the impact of these initiatives on the composition of United Russia’s parliamentary majority, and it considers the problems that will face attempts by party leaders to improve its image.

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