Russia’s Ruling Party Loses Majority in Siberian Council Targeted by Stricken Navalny

Russia’s Ruling Party Loses Majority in Siberian Council Targeted by Stricken Navalny
People vote during local elections in the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, on Sept. 12, 2020. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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MOSCOW/TOMSK—The ruling United Russia party secured landslide wins in weekend regional elections while losing its majority in a Siberian city council contested by supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, partial results show.

Supporters of the opposition politician, who is being treated in Berlin after a suspected poisoning by a nerve agent, made rare gains in the Siberian city of Tomsk and won seats in the city of Novosibirsk, along with other opposition groups.