‘He’s clearly pro-war. And people are tired of the war.’ Why Russia’s ruling party left Dmitry Medvedev, its own chairman, off this September’s election list.

The main result of the United Russia party congress this weekend is that the party’s own chairman — Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council — again failed to make the candidate list that will top the party’s ticket in September, despite a determined lobbying push.