Co-optation of the opposition in regional elections in Russia: factors of influence (evidence of campaigns 2019-2023)

Introduction. Political processes in Russia's regions have attracted the attention of researchers for a period. They are not the least interested in regional elections to parliaments, which analyze not only the balance of power between political parties, but also the phenomenon of co-optation, i.e. granting leadership positions to the opposition in exchange for the status quo. The available studies show contradictory results when testing the factors influencing cooptation, which are mostly institutional factors of regional politics and career characteristics of the deputies. The aim of this article is to test the influence of these factors on cooptation.