Annual regional and local elections were held on 8 September in Russia. The officials elected included 16 governors, members of 13 regional parliaments (including in the occupied territories: Crimea and Sevastopol), city mayors, city council members and municipal councillors. For the Kremlin, the elections to Moscow City Duma (city council) and the governor and municipal elections in Saint Petersburg were the most important. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)