Russia’s Communist Party won’t field former deputy Valery Rashkin in State Duma elections — he had sought to return after losing his seat in 2022 over illegal moose hunting

Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF) will not field former deputy Valery Rashkin as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections, sources told the Russian business daily Vedomosti. Rashkin’s candidacy was blocked both in a single-member district and on the party list.