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We have a situation in which you the way the old the old identifiers of quite what united russia stood for beginning to break down 2. And therefore i think that most of these elections really going to be in some ways referenda on just how well the local administration is is seen as dealing with what is sometimes serious crises sometimes not and it doesnt necessarily mean that where when times are hard people will be voting against the regime but i think this is this is why its important and this is why in some ways the the whole issue of the protests in moscow absolutely very important but the...

Russia stood for beginning to break down. And therefore i think that most of these elections really going to be in some ways referenda on just how well the local administration is is seen as dealing with what is sometimes serious crises sometimes not and it doesnt necessarily mean that where were trying to hold people will be voting against the regime but i think this is this is why its important and this is why in some ways the the whole issue of the protests in moscow absolutely very important but theyre also a distraction from what local elections are meant to be about which is precisely it...

A year ago the whole gubernatorial elections in the forest wrecked cancelled because of the fraud and arguably this is a much more unusual than protests in moscow dont you think that there is perhaps a day attention is being skewed from russia as a whole as a country to you know just a couple of individuals who are aiming for that attention. I wouldnt want to make it that i mean to go would go into my point about elections not being real elections my point in that is that i mean there is no in my opinion truly meaningful opposition within this is the systemic opposition parties the cold minute...

Countrywide welting that i mentioned in the beginning of the program it is coming on september 8th and its going to involve all 84 regions of russia not just moscow and those regions have huge disparities in terms of social Economic Political Development i know that youve been planning a lot about the moscow developments and we will talk about them in a moment but im just curious as an expert on russia have you looked at all into whats happening election wise beyond moscow i call pundits and i like to say were talking grand terms but no i mean i think seriously if you look at it local election...

Admittedly there is still fraud and manipulation going on some of it being caught on camera is installed at the expense of the state but there also i would say some positive developments i mean the last in the year ago the whole gubernatorial elections in the forest red canceled because of the fraud and arguably this is that much more unusual than protests in moscow dont you think that there is perhaps a day attention is being skewed from russia as a whole as a country to you know just a couple of individuals who are aiming for that attention. I wouldnt want to make it that i mean to go would ...