How would you have voted? Russia

[Crumpets]

Not the easiest country to translate my politics to.

Presidential
1991: Boris Yeltsin (Independent)
1996: Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
1996 (runoff): Boris Yeltsin (Independent) - No hindsight
2000: Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2004: Irina Khakamada (Independent)
2008: Abstain*
2012: Mikhail Prokhorov (Independent)

Parliamentary
1993: Yabloko
1995: Yabloko
1999: Yabloko
2003: Yabloko
2007: Yabloko**
2011: A Just Russia**
2016: Yabloko**

*I mean, in all likelihood if I had grown up in Russia, I would have probably voted for Medvedev, and probably Putin once or twice, but I'm imagining this list as someone who randomly up and moved to Russia and got citizenship c. 1990.

** Basically a strategic voter in these elections. Yabloko is probably closest to my political beliefs, but I'd switch to A Just Russia if I thought it had a significantly better shot at viability.

[Kingpoleon]

Not the easiest country to translate my politics to.

Presidential
1991: Boris Yeltsin (Independent)
1996: Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
1996 (runoff): Boris Yeltsin (Independent) - No hindsight
2000: Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2004: Irina Khakamada (Independent)
2008: Abstain*
2012: Mikhail Prokhorov (Independent)

Parliamentary
1993: Yabloko
1995: Yabloko
1999: Yabloko
2003: Yabloko
2007: Yabloko**
2011: A Just Russia**
2016: Yabloko**

*I mean, in all likelihood if I had grown up in Russia, I would have probably voted for Medvedev, and probably Putin once or twice, but I'm imagining this list as someone who randomly up and moved to Russia and got citizenship c. 1990.

** Basically a strategic voter in these elections. Yabloko is probably closest to my political beliefs, but I'd switch to A Just Russia if I thought it had a significantly better shot at viability.

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Medvedev is not good, to be clear. A Just Russia is a front party led by a man who was Chairman of the Federation Council, the third highest ranking Russian position, from 2001-2011, and who said, "We all want Vladimir Putin to be the next President."

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The only two strongly anti-Kremlin parties are Yabloko and Civic Platform. The People's Freedom Party and the Party of Growth are also mostly anti-Putin and anti-Medvedev.

[Zuza]

The only two strongly anti-Kremlin parties are Yabloko and Civic Platform.

Not sure if your statement about Civic Platform would be true even in 2012 or 2013, but now it's just a corpse. Prokhorov lost control of it and it became an irrelevant United Russia puppet (it's new leader got a seat in Duma only because United Russia intentionally didn't field it's candidate there).

[Kingpoleon]

The only two strongly anti-Kremlin parties are Yabloko and Civic Platform.

Not sure if your statement about Civic Platform would be true even in 2012 or 2013, but now it's just a corpse. Prokhorov lost control of it and it became an irrelevant United Russia puppet (it's new leader got a seat in Duma only because United Russia intentionally didn't field it's candidate there).

The anti-Maidan protests were bad, but some of Civic Platform is still like Prokhorov.

[Lechasseur]

President

1991: Boris Yeltsin
1996: 1st round: Alexander Lebed
2nd round: Boris Yeltsin
2000: Vladimir Putin
2004: Vladimir Putin
2008: Dmitri Medevedev (United Russia)
2012: Vladimir Putin (United Russia)


Duma:

1993: Russia's Choice
1995: Our Home-Russia
1999: Unity
2003: United Russia
2007: United Russia
2011: United Russia
2016: United Russia

[Kamala]

Parliamentary:
1993: Women of Russia
1995: Women of Russia
1999: Women of Russia
2003: Yabloko
2007: Yabloko
2011: Yabloko
2016: Yabloko

Presidential
1991: Yeltsin
1996: Yeltsin
2000: Yavlinksy
2004: Khakamada
2008: WI: Justice for Anna Politkovskaya!
2012: Mironov, reluctantly

[Kingpoleon]

Parliamentary:
1993: Women of Russia
1995: Women of Russia
1999: Women of Russia
2003: Yabloko
2007: Yabloko
2011: Yabloko
2016: Yabloko

Presidential
1991: Yeltsin
1996: Yeltsin
2000: Yavlinksy
2004: Khakamada
2008: WI: Justice for Anna Politkovskaya!
2012: Mironov, reluctantly

Mironov supported Putin in 2004.

[Green Line]

Liberal Democratic Party ~

[SNJ1985]

Presidential:

1991: Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Liberal Democratic Party)
1996: Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Liberal Democratic Party) in Round 1, Boris Yeltsin (Independent) in Round 2
2000: Vladimir Putin (Independent)
2004: Vladimir Putin (Independent)
2008: Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Liberal Democratic Party)
2012: Vladimir Putin (United Russia)

Parliamentary:

1993: Liberal Democratic Party
1995: Liberal Democratic Party
1999: Zhirinovsky Bloc
2003: Liberal Democratic Party
2007: United Russia
2011: United Russia
2016: United Russia

[SWE]

I wouldn't vote for any of these fake parties

[Kamala]

Parliamentary:
1993: Women of Russia
1995: Women of Russia
1999: Women of Russia
2003: Yabloko
2007: Yabloko
2011: Yabloko
2016: Yabloko

Presidential
1991: Yeltsin
1996: Yeltsin
2000: Yavlinksy
2004: Khakamada
2008: WI: Justice for Anna Politkovskaya!
2012: Mironov, reluctantly

Mironov supported Putin in 2004.

See "reluctantly."

[DavidB.]

I wouldn't vote for any of these fake parties

[SATW]

Alexei Navalny