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 expert on Russian regional politics. Meduza examines why he may have fallen afoul of the Russian…
According to the Moscow’s Perovsky District Court, political scientist Alexander Kynev was arrested on September 25 on drug charges, several days after Russia's State Duma elections. Kynev, a leading expert on Russian regional politics, had criticized the Kremlin over election fraud and administrative pressure during voting. Born in the Komi Republic in 1975, Kynev left the Komsomol and became involved in the democratic movement at the age of 15.
He began his political career working with the Yabloko party in 1996 and was the chief expert on regional affairs at the party's central campaign headquarters during the 1999 State Duma elections. Kynev's arrest may be a result of his ongoing criticism of the Russian political system.
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