A complete dumbf ”: the State Duma elections are just three months away, and United Russia still...

“A complete dumbf\\\\\”: the State Duma elections are just three months away, and United Russia is still going into them without a plan. Why?

United Russia is heading toward the elections in a situation of total uncertainty. Mid-level officials in the presidential administration, governors, their deputies for domestic policy, and United Russia members themselves are unhappy about this. The party has neither a program nor key campaign talking points, complain political consultants working on regional campaigns.

A source close to the political bloc of the presidential administration describes the situation to Meduza this way: “For now, we’re running the campaign blind; we’re waiting for the final instructions on KPI and the main talking points in late July or early August.”

Dmitry Medvedev wants to head the party list, together with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and “war correspondent” Yevgeny Poddubny. Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev explains what is happening in the party.

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“A complete dumbf\\\\\”: the State Duma elections are three months away, and United Russia has neither a program nor key campaign talking points

There are three months left until the State Duma elections, yet United Russia is heading into them in a situation of total uncertainty. Mid-level officials in the presidential administration, governors, their deputies for domestic policy, and United Russia members themselves are unhappy about this.