Two Candidates Withdraw from United Russia’s Smolensk Primary

20-year Duma veteran among two to quit United Russia’s Smolensk primary in quick succession

State Duma deputy Sergei Neverov has dropped out of the United Russia primary in the Smolensk single-member district. A second candidate then followed — Artem Kornyuchenkov, a deputy on the Smolensk City Council and a veteran of the war in Ukraine.