14.03.06. The Moscow Times. А. Титков о результатах региональных выборов
Anatoly Medetsky. United Russia wins all 8 regional votes
United Russia swept Sunday's elections to eight regional legislatures, a result that was not unexpected but bolstered the standing of the Kremlin's favored party going into the race for the State Duma next year. <…>
The "against all" vote in most regions was in the single digits, a slight increase over previous regional elections, said Alexei Titkov, an expert at the Institute of Regional Policy. The exception was the Kaliningrad region, where it surged to 16.4 percent, which Titkov said was in protest of the removal from the race of Rodina and the People's Party, whose regional branches were headed by popular politicians, including an opposition newspaper editor.
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