The view from Russia: ‘No party can be antiwar’ in parliamentary election

This weekend, Russians are heading to the ballot box to vote in the first parliamentary election since the war with Ukraine began in early 2022.Theoretically up for grabs are 450 seats in Russia’s parliament, the Duma, though the governing United Russia party, led by President Vladimir Putin, is expected to retain its comfortable majority.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘I’m Russian’: NHL star Ovechkin defends Putin ad appearancelist 2 of 4Russia election: Could other parties challenge United Russia?list 3 of 4Russia’s parliamentary election: Who’s on the ballot, and why it matterslist 4 of 4Why the Kremlin fears even the ‘managed opposition’ in Russiaend of listOne of the hopefuls is Damir Gurin, who is running for the Green Party in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, where the forests of Siberia meet the Pacific Ocean. His policies include affordable housing, monitoring industrial emissions and promoting recycling over landfills.“My goal is to provide this harsh land and its people with worthy ecological and institutional representation,” Gurin told Al Jazeera. “We’re not just solving the problems of nature, we’re protecting the human habitat.”A woman casts her ...