her name is marina udgodskaya and she is a bit different from her predecessor.l authority. she never had any political aspirations. nikolai loktev represents united russia, the party of power and of president vladimir putin. he has been the mayor of the district for several years. in september he ran for re—election. to ensure victory, he picked the opponent himself. under russian law, there should be at least two candidates on the ballot. udgodskaya was what is called a technical candidate, a stand—in to make the election look real. translation: i asked the election look real. translation: iasked her and she agreed. had there been another option for a candidate, i wouldn't have asked her. people backed her. well done to her. i don't see anything unusual in her victory. i am grateful to her for accepting. and for the newly elected mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: ifeelfine. i mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. i was a bit surprised at first. if people elected me, i will wor

her name is marina udgodskaya, and she is a bit different from her predecessor. office of the local authority. she never had any political aspirations. nikolai loktev represents united russia, the party of power and of president vladimir putin. he has been the mayor of the district for several years. in september he ran for re—election. to ensure victory, he picked the opponent himself. under russian law, there should be at least two candidates on the ballot. udgodskaya was what is called a technical candidate, a stand—in to make the election look real. translation: i asked her and she agreed. had there been another option for a candidate, i wouldn't have asked her. people backed her. well done to her. i don't see anything unusual in her victory. i am grateful to herfor accepting. and for the newly elected mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. i was a bit surprised at first. if people elected me, i will work for them. we followed udgodskaya on herfirst mission to a rural village. she met a voter who backs her all the way. translation: of course

her name is marina udgodskaya, and she is a bit different from her predecessor.n law, there should be at least two candidates on the ballot. udgodskaya was what is called a technical candidate, a stand—in to make the election look real. translation: i asked her and she agreed. had there been another option for a candidate, i wouldn't have asked her. people backed her. well done to her. i don't see anything unusual in her victory. i am grateful to herfor accepting. and for the newly elected mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. i was a bit surprised at first. if people elected me, i will work for them. we followed udgodskaya on herfirst mission to a rural village. she met a voter who backs her all the way. translation: of course we believe in her. we are proud of her. we're sure she will do a greatjob. tactical voting, supporting any candidate other than the ruling united russia party, is the idea promoted by opposition politician alexei navalny, the man who claims his recent poisoning by novichok was orchestrated by president putin. the people