Meduza · 25 Sep 2026
Russian elections expert Alexander Kynev stayed in the country to keep studying its politics. After criticizing the latest vote, he was arrested on drug charges.
On September 25, several days after the State Duma elections, Moscow’s Perovsky District Court ordered political scientist Alexander Kynev detained on drug charges. Kynev, who had criticized the Kremlin over election fraud and administrative pressure during voting, was the country’s best-known exper
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