https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/9eb8b7d3-8fa9-4b42-b53c-26cad5abfbf9 "Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, is heading into the 2026 State Duma elections from a position of overwhelming strength. But after more than four years of war against Ukraine, the party is changing in ways that go far beyond electoral politics. Military veterans, war correspondents, and patriotic mobilization have moved to the center of its identity. Is United Russia still a political party, or is it becoming the civilian infrastructure of Russia’s wartime state? In this episode of Eastern Express, host Benjamin Lee and his guest, Rasmus Nilsson, Lecturer of Slavic and Eastern European Studies at University College London, examine how war is reshaping Russia’s political system and what that could mean for the country’s future. #russia #politics #veterans #election 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:04:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/9eb8b7d3-8fa9-4b42-b53c-26cad5abfbf9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.