The Communist Party is expected to emerge from the December parliamentary elections with more Duma seats than any other party, but such a ‘victory’ would signal not a sea change among the Russian public so much as a dearth of other strong parties by LAURA BELIN AS THE 17 DECEMBER STATE DUMA ELECtions draw near, […]

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