September’s legislative election in Russia is extremely awkward for the Kremlin. Its two goals – legitimizing the political system and ensuring a solid parliamentary majority for the last years of Vladimir Putin’s fourth term – may be at odds. This is what makes Alexey Navalny and his organization uniquely dangerous for the Kremlin.
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An activist from the pro-Kremlin movement with a placard with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin reading "We are with him for Russian sovereignty. And you?" distributes leaflets in front of the Leningrad train station in Moscow on March 6, 2020.
