Putin will stand back from Russia's Duma polls
The governing United Russia party may lose seats but they will be filled by other government loyalists
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- Different environment from 2011
- Increased support
- Limited opposition
- Rule changes benefit Putin
- First-past-the-post seats reintroduced
- Separating presidential and Duma polls
- Election monitoring curbed
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_350.jpg "Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in Moscow city elections in September 2014 (Reuters/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)")