Russian legislative election, 18 September 2016

[Famous Mortimer]

According to Wikipedia, in addition to A Just Russia, Rodina (Motherland) also exists again. Rodina was the party that turned into A Just Russia. Now it's back and led by a former United Russia member apparently.

[Famous Mortimer]

Yabloko won a seat? That's surprising.

Not really. They won a constituency but didn't cross the threshold.

[Famous Mortimer]

So besides United Russia, KPRF, LDPR, and Fair Russia, Motherland and Civic Platform also won a seat each. Motherland is a new party led by a former member of United Russia. It shares the same name as the largest party that merged with others to become Fair Russia. One can assume it has a similar left-wing nationalist ideology as Fair Russia and was created to confuse their voters. Civic Platform was the party founded by New York Nets owner and conservative liberal presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov. He is no longer a member. It is now a right-wing nationalist party led by a former member of the LDPR. Presumably maintained by the Kremlin to split LDPR and/or liberal votes.