Russia: Local elections test the Kremlin party

Voters in Russia are voting in dozens of local elections that are seen as a major test for the ruling pro-Kremlin United Russia party.

About 160,000 candidates are vying for seats in the local parliament. Governors are also being selected in many regions.

The vote comes just weeks after Novichok allegedly gave poison to opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

His team alleges that this was done on the orders of President Vladimir Putin - the Kremlin denies any involvement.

Mr Navalny, who fell ill in Russia on August 20, is currently being treated in Germany. Last week, doctors at Berlin's Charita Hospital said he was out of an induced coma and his condition had improved.

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Mr Navalny was supporting the keys to United Russia, which he described as a "party of thugs and thieves".

His team is urging Russians to vote strategically to support the candidates put forward to defeat United Russia.

In some places, these people are associated with Mr. Nalvani himself, while in other regions they are a communist or nationalist challenge.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says Mr Navalny's camp believes the campaign is why he was attacked.

He adds that United Russia is becoming increasingly popular, associated with controversial pension reform, declining incomes - and corruption.

Russia's election commission approved voting in early September 11-12 due to a coronavirus outbreak.

But Sunday is the main day for millions of voters in 11 time zones, with more than 56,000 polling stations ready.

This is the first election since the controversial referendum was approved in a July referendum that allowed Mr Putin to remain in power until 2036.

They are also seen as a dry run for next year’s national parliamentary elections.

Last year, mass protests erupted in the capital, Moscow, after several opposition candidates were excluded from local elections.

Authorities opposed the protest with all available police forces, special services and the army. "

Preliminary results in Russia's Far East, where polling stations have previously closed, point to a comfortable victory for pro-Kremlin candidates in at least two districts.

But the area has seen dissatisfaction recently. The eastern state of Khabarovsk has seen anti-Putin rallies since July, sparking outrage against Moscow's rule following the arrest of a popular governor.

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