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Significance
Protests in various regions are symptomatic of the gradual loss of legitimacy of President Vladimir Putin's administration and flaws in its reliance on technocratic governors parachuted in without consultation.
Impacts
Oppositionist Alexey Navalny's 'smart voting' campaign is robust enough to be driven by others while he is incapacitated.
The new system of voting over three days will probably be fixed as a rule, though online voting may not be rolled out.
Siberian wildfires and other environmental problems may drive growing protests.
Keywords:
Russia,
RUCIS,
politics,
social,
election,
emergency,
government,
health,
opposition,
party,
protest,
environment,
legislation
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