Prospects for Russian politics to end-2021

Subject

Prospects for Russian politics to end-2021.

Significance

The Russian leadership's main focus in the second half of this year is deciding and achieving what it deems an acceptable level of victory for the United Russia party in September's parliamentary and regional elections. United Russia's popularity is at a record low but strategists in the Kremlin will ensure it wins a strong majority. The unofficial opposition has been crushed and the official opposition remains inert and directionless.