Russia came out of its parliamentary election with Putin stronger on paper and the country considerably harder to read. United Russia now controls 349 of the State Duma’s 450 seats, its largest majority ever, and some 50 Ukraine war veterans are entering parliament. There is the anticipated analysis of documented election manipulation, and indeed, the Kremlin was under pressure to think outside the box amid public war fatigue. But Putin is not losing control, and Moscow is not desperate. The election showed how impossible it has become to…
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