The domestic politics bloc of the presidential administration did not know about the planned detention and arrest of political scientist Alexander Kynev in a drug case, Vyorstka writes, citing four interlocutors close to the Kremlin. According to the publication, the leadership of New People was also not warned about the prosecution.

#AlexanderKynev #AP #vote #Russia #SergeyKiriyenko #FSB

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After 92.84% of the protocols have been processed, «A Just Russia» is receiving 4.96% and does not pass the 5% threshold in the State Duma elections. Votes for it and for other parties that did not clear the threshold will be redistributed among the lists that made it into parliament.

#TheStateDuma #UnitedRussia #SergeyKiriyenko #SergeyMironov #FairRussia #cyc

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Today turns 73. He intends to live—that is, to rule—until the end of his days, though it’s not yet clear whether they will be his own or yours. And if you want to drink champagne to the repose of his soul (in which, admittedly, there are doubts), you’ll have to wait another twenty or thirty years. And I’m not being ironic. I’m talking about a sensible life strategy.

#VladimirPutin #state #dictatorship #DmitryKiselev #DmitryMedvedev #YevgenyPrigogine #kgb #MargaritaSimonyan #Bulk #society #aftertheUSSR #freedom #SergeyKiriyenko #Emigration

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At the highest level of Russian power, there is almost no renewal. Many elite members have been waiting for a major reshuffle for over 10 years, but it still hasn’t happened.

#AlexeyMiller #Analytics #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #state #DmitryKozak #IgorSechin #career #MikhailFradkov #NikolayPatrushev #Russia #SergeyKiriyenko #elites

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