Colourful times of a Russian parliamentary campaign

Russians have been treated to a colourful election campaign on TV ahead of parliamentary polls on Sunday.

BBC Monitoring looks back at the more memorable moments - including bottles being hurled, eggs being smashed, and a pledge to defeat capitalism.

Produced by Julie Wall and Vitaliy Shevchenko

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