Boris Yeltsin abolished the Parliament 25 years ago. That helped pave the way for Putin’s dictatorship.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-russian-democracy-died-1537480984
A shock election result shows that voters aren't willing to toe Putin's party line anymore
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/09/20/11978305.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2018/09/20/11978101.shtml
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5BA37C1AEC411
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5BA3B135A986B
https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2018/09/20/781542-politicheskoe-nasilie
https://echo.msk.ru/blog/yavlinsky_g/2281756-echo/
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5BA3B3520C2E1