Reinventing the steal: As Russia’s next legislative election draws near, why are the authorities pushing electronic voting so hard?

On September 1, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced that 1.3 million people had registered to vote electronically in the Moscow City Duma election - that's 17.5 percent of the city's eligible voters. Last time around, in the 2016 City Duma elections - when electronic registration hadn't yet been implemented - 35 percent of eligible voters went to the polls. In other words, a full half of the voters who voted in the previous election may vote online in the upcoming election. Meduza explains what this trend means for the future of Russian democracy. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/04/reinventing-the-steal