Local elections will pass in new regions only according to party lists

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So elected the first municipal deputies in Republic of Crimea after its accession to Russian Federation Elections of deputies of local governments (MSU) in the Donetsk and Lugansk national republics, Zaporizhia Oblast and Kherson Region will pass, as well as elections in Legislative Assemblies, – it is exclusive on proportional system, i.e. deputies will elect on party lists. On elections of local level the majority (one-mandatory) system is usually used, the political scientist Ilya Aleksandrovich Grashchenkov speaks. "The MSU level is not about opposition of party ideologies, and about local problems. One candidate promises to carry out road...