‘He’s clearly pro-war. And people are tired of the war.’ Why Russia’s ruling party left Dmitry Medvedev, its own chairman, off this September’s election list.
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The main result of the United Russia party congress this weekend is that the party’s own chairman — Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council — again failed to make the candidate list that will top the party’s ticket in September, despite a determined lobbying push.