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View all search resultsRussians vote in local elections, opposition mostly shut out
Cast votes: Galina Shalygina, 85, sits in front of her house after voting, in the village of Seltso, near Kostroma, 350 km (218 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday
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Cast votes: Galina Shalygina, 85, sits in front of her house after voting, in the village of Seltso, near Kostroma, 350 km (218 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday. Voters are casting ballots across Russia for local legislators and governors, in elections expected to be won by candidates loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Sundayâs elections are being seen as a dress rehearsal for next yearâs vote for a national parliament, and the anti-Putin opposition was allowed to run in only one Russian region, Kostroma. (AP/Pavel Golovkin) (218 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday. Voters are casting ballots across Russia for local legislators and governors, in elections expected to be won by candidates loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Sundayâs elections are being seen as a dress rehearsal for next yearâs vote for a national parliament, and the anti-Putin opposition was allowed to run in only one Russian region, Kostroma. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
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span class="caption">Cast votes: Galina Shalygina, 85, sits in front of her house after voting, in the village of Seltso, near Kostroma, 350 km (218 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday. Voters are casting ballots across Russia for local legislators and governors, in elections expected to be won by candidates loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Sunday's elections are being seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's vote for a national parliament, and the anti-Putin opposition was allowed to run in only one Russian region, Kostroma. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
Voters on Sunday cast ballots across Russia for local legislators and governors, in elections expected to be won by candidates loyal to President Vladimir Putin.
Legislative elections were held in 11 of Russia's 83 regions, but the anti-Putin opposition was allowed to run only in Kostroma, a region a few hundred kilometers (miles) north of Moscow.
Opposition candidates Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Andreichenko campaigned throughout the rural, economically depressed region, but they came up against a general feeling of apathy. Most Russians still see no alternative to Putin and have little interest in a political process now controlled by the Kremlin.
Even in Moscow, with its wealthier, more Western-oriented population, the opposition has been marginalized in recent years.
Kostroma was also one of 21 Russian regions holding gubernatorial elections. The Kremlin-backed incumbent, Sergei Sitnikov, told reporters while voting that he expected "success and victory."
Sunday's elections were seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's vote for a national parliament. (**)
