Elections in Russia
Elections in Russia are held at the federal, regional, and local levels. At the federal level, voters elect a president as head of state and choose members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. The Federation Council, the upper house, is not directly elected but is composed of representatives appointed by the executive and legislative bodies of each federal subject. Russia's electoral system formally provides for universal suffrage, multiparty competition, and periodic elections at all levels of government. However, since the early 2000s, independent observers, international monitoring organizations, and comparative democracy researchers have consistently documented the progressive erosion of competitive elections. Political opposition is suppressed through legal restrictions on candidacy, the harassment and imprisonment of opposition figures, and extensive state control over mass media. Electoral fraud has been documented in numerous elections. Political scientists...
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