United Russia Primaries See Low Turnout, Veteran Candidates Mostly Seasoned Politicians

United Russia’s primaries featured hundreds of war veterans — but most were already seasoned politicians, not ordinary soldiers

United Russia has wrapped up its primary elections ahead of the State Duma vote, and the ruling party and the Kremlin’s domestic policy team fell short of the 10% voter turnout target they had set for themselves. Official figures put the final turnout at 9.03%.