Russian election: Putin’s United Russia suffers losses - BBC Newsnight

Russia’s ruling United Russia party has suffered major losses in the election to the Moscow city parliament. Subscribe to our channel here: Vladimir Putin’s party lost nearly a third of the seats, but remains on course to retain its majority with about 26 seats. United Russia - for years the dominant force - has become so unpopular it fielded candidates as “independents”. With most opposition candidates disqualified, there were large scale protests in the run up to the election.