Boris Yeltsin abolished the Parliament 25 years ago. That helped pave the way for Putin’s dictatorship.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-russian-democracy-died-1537480984
A shock election result shows that voters aren't willing to toe Putin's party line anymore
https://ru.krymr.com/a/vybory-v-rossii-krymskogo-konsensusa-bolshe-net/29500349.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/09/20/11978305.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2018/09/20/11978101.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/09/20_a_11977993.shtml
http://day.kyiv.ua/ru/blog/politika/trudnyy-vybor-kremlya
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/20Sep2018/dailybeast/mnuchin.html
https://republic.ru/posts/92110