Political scandals intensify ahead of the elections Military correspondents and reporters have noticed that communist N. Bondarenko, who previously refused to recognize #Crimea as part of #Russia, is running for parliament again; an old video of him has gone viral online. "You'd think that after such an affront, this figure's path to politics in Russia would have been barred. But no, Gennady Andreevich himself voted for his colleague, who was squirming like a snake in front of the camera