‘For Fair Elections’: As the Communists plan protests, sources say the party leadership is bargaining with the Kremlin behind the scenes

The day after the elections to Russia's State Duma, the Communist Party (KPRF) rallied around 200 protesters in downtown Moscow. The Communists refused to recognize the online voting results in the capital, accusing the authorities of falsifying the electronic ballot count. The KPRF is set to hold another rally on Saturday, September 25, under the slogan "For Fair Elections." However, Meduza's sources say the party's top brass isn't planning to challenge the election results as a whole. Instead, party leader Gennady Zyuganov is allegedly trying to bargain with the Kremlin, in a supposed bid to secure influential positions within the State Duma for Communist Party members. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/24/for-fair-elections