CAIRO - 19 October 2023: Recent events in Russia have led to a rather noticeable centralization of the political life of this country. The elections of governors (heads of regions) and regional parliaments have just ended in September of this year, which showed an extremely high level of support for the ruling United Russia party. At the moment, in the Russian political field, Vladimir Putin has clearly become the only candidate in the sense that practically no one can challenge him. Their research agrees on one thing: if Vladimir Putin announces his desire to run for another presidential term in December of this year, no one will be able to challenge him. At the moment, the parliamentary process in Russia is quite predictable and no political surprises are expected.