The ruling United Russia party looks set for a run of local election wins, but is also on course for some setbacks. Supporters of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have made rare gains in Siberian city politics. United Russia has been looking for any signs of a protest vote amid the coronavirus pandemic and economic stagnation. Does it have cause to worry ahead of parliamentary elections in a year? Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Victor Olevich, lead analyst at the Centre for Actual Politics, Moscow, a think tank. Samuel Greene, Director of the Russia Institute at King's College London and co-author of 'Putin v the People'. Alex Titov, lecturer in modern European History at Queen's University Belfast. - Subscribe to our channel: aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Navalny #InsideStory

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