Experts expect competition at the United Russia primaries in Yekaterinburg and the Yaroslavl region

Competitive struggle in the United Russia primaries for the selection of candidates for deputies of legislative assemblies and city councils is expected in a number of districts in Yekaterinburg and the Yaroslavl region (where the city duma and the legislative assembly are elected, respectively). In particular, in Yekaterinburg, at the last moment, City Duma deputy Timofey Zhukov submitted documents for participation in the preliminary voting, who volunteered for the special military operation zone in November 2022 and returned to the Urals in early April. He registered in constituency No. 19, where another acting deputy, Aleksey Vikharev, is running.

Both also participate in the preliminary voting on the United Russia list. In addition, two current deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma – Tatyana Vyatkina and the head of the United Russia faction Ira Ovchinnikova – participate in the primaries in constituency No. 4. In accordance with the amendments to the charter of Yekaterinburg adopted on April 11, 25 deputies are elected in single-mandate districts and 10 in party districts. lists (total 35). Elections to the current convocation were held according to the 50/50 scheme, the City Duma consisted of 36 deputies.