1.On the eve of the Duma elections, the Unified Russia party and its lobbyists in the Kremlin feel discomfort, comprehending the actual system failure. With the party's strategic task to strengthen the governance vertical line, the local/regional bureaucracies ought not be challenged with the choice inconceivable for them - who of the bosses to work for. There is to be just one governance party, like in the Soviet times. And the local/regional administrators are to clearly understand that it is its final result they would have to guarantee with their own heads. With this comprehension of the political moment, the Unified Russia went in to the attack on its the closest competitor.

2.The project of the bipartisan controlled democracy, facing the actual problem of splitting the vertical authorities, means to go back to old one-party model used in the former countries of people's democracy, when the single chief leading force was decorated with the ornamental parties-satellites. On the other hand, the Unified Russia's political interests, that aspire to the monopoly inside the 'vertical line', fail to meet the Kremlin's broad interests. Gryzlov would, certainly, promise a convincing victory, particularly with the administrative support concentrated at it< but there has to be a spare option. It is called Sergey Mironov.

3.To the democratic wing, the key question is, which position would be more appealing to the electorate: the rigid anti-Putin one performed by the Yabloko, or the compromising one arranged by the Union of Right Forces. As to the local/regional administrative resource, it would unlikely risk to support the Liberals. Though, the heavier the pressure of the centralizers from Moscow is, the more desperate the province might react.