September’s likely winners: Meet the doctors, cosmonauts, and pro-Kremlin youth stars expected to grab seats in Russia’s next Parliament

In roughly a month, on September 17, three-day parliamentary elections will begin in Russia. Using party lists, opinion polls, and turnout estimates in each region across the country, it's relatively easy to predict the results. As ever, the biggest changes are taking place inside United Russia, the nation's ruling political party. What's the logic behind such changes, and whom should we expect to see in the new legislature? Political scientist Alexander Kynev explains. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/08/13/september-s-likely-winners