PoliticsRussia’s election outcome is all but predetermined. But does a protest vote still matter?

Russian voters have been unable to choose “none of the above” since 2006. The piece examines whether boycotting, supporting a party below the 5% threshold, backing the strongest challenger, taking a ballot home, or spoiling it can affect State Duma results or expose possible ballot fraud, while warning that these options assume honest counting.

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