Russia’s Regional Elections Kick Off Putin’s Re-Election Campaign

Russia on the Record is a new podcast from The Moscow Times where we reflect, analyze and explain what’s going on in Russia right now.In this week’s episode, we discuss Russia’s regional and local elections — and how they have unofficially kicked off a new election cycle that will culminate with the presidential elections next March.While President Vladimir Putin has said he will not announce his participation in the elections till the end of the year, his public behavior may indicate that his re-election campaign for a fifth term has already begun.Researcher Andras Toth-Czifra and MT journalist Pyotr Kozlov join us in discussing the conclusions that we can draw from the September election results and how they can define the coming election season. Find us at:  https://www.themoscowtimes.com/https://www.facebook.com/MoscowTimes/https://twitter.com/moscowtimeshttps://t.me/moscowtimes_enhttps://www.instagram.com/themoscowtimes/