MOSCOW — Dmitry Gudkov was once a rising star of an opposition movement that posed a threat to Vladimir Putin. Now he’s fighting to hang on to his seat in the Russian Duma.
It’s a foregone conclusion that Putin’s United Russia and allied parties will dominate Sunday’s parliamentary election: The only open question is how much room will be afforded to people like Gudkov.
Canvassing for votes in a suburb of northwest Moscow, the 36-year-old candidate for the Yabloko party struggled to win the attention of locals. Despite the free balloons and slick brochures, they were more interested in their dogs, their …read more
Source: European Voice
