2026: Life of a Party. Monitoring of events for October 26 - November 1 1 Parties and adoption of the State Duma budget adopted in first reading the draft federal budget for three years. Next year the budget deficit will reach 5.4 trillion rubles, or 2.2% of GDP. 372 deputies voted "for", 0 "against", 51 abstained. United Russia: Voted for the budget. For a second reading, in accordance with the instructions of party chairman Dmitry Medvedev, the faction will present several amendments. They relate to the development of territories, the expansion of social benefits and rural support. Communist Party of the Russian Federation: Abstained. Party leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed to renew the budget with additional tax revenues from billionaires by 700 billion rubles. The politician sees another source of funds in bank deposits of citizens and enterprises - about 130 trillion rubles. LDPR: Voted for the budget. "New people": Vote for the budget. Will propose amendments along with possible funding sources for them. "Russia is right": avoided. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Babakov called for discussing plans for the development of the country and the economy for a longer term than the draft budget for a "period of three years". He emphasized that "the faction is ready to work responsibly on the budget in the second and third reading." "Those who do not vote for the budget in the first reading have the feeling that they are a little avoiding this duty, and especially responsibility. I understand your position, but I really do not understand how you can avoid this document", Andrey Makarov, head of the Committee on Budget and Taxes ("ER"). 2 Sociology of the week "United Russia" VTsIOM - 32.5% (+2.5 points for the week).

2026: Life of a Party. Monitoring of events for October 26 - November 1 1 Parties and adoption of the State Duma budget adopted in first reading the draft federal budget for three years. Next year the budget deficit will reach 5.4 trillion rubles, or 2.2% of GDP. 372 deputies voted "for", 0 "against", 51 abstained. United Russia: Voted for the budget. For a second reading, in accordance with the instructions of party chairman Dmitry Medvedev, the faction will present several amendments. They relate to the development of territories, the expansion of social benefits and rural support. Communist Party of the Russian Federation: Abstained. Party leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed to renew the budget with additional tax revenues from billionaires by 700 billion rubles. The politician sees another source of funds in bank deposits of citizens and enterprises - about 130 trillion rubles. LDPR: Voted for the budget. "New people": Vote for the budget. Will propose amendments along with possible funding sources for them. "Russia is right": avoided. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Babakov called for discussing plans for the development of the country and the economy for a longer term than the draft budget for a "period of three years". He emphasized that "the faction is ready to work responsibly on the budget in the second and third reading." "Those who do not vote for the budget in the first reading have the feeling that they are a little avoiding this duty, and especially responsibility. I understand your position, but I really do not understand how you can avoid this document", Andrey Makarov, head of the Committee on Budget and Taxes ("ER"). 2 Sociology of the week "United Russia" VTsIOM - 32.5% (+2.5 points for the week).

FOM - 35% (+3%) "New people" VTsIOM – 9.7% (+0.4 p.p.).

FOM - 9% (stable) Communist Party of the Russian Federation VTsIOM - 14.0% (-1.9 p.p.).

FOM – 13% (-1%) LDPR VTsIOM – 9.5% (-0.3 p.p.).

FOM – 11% (+2%) "Fair Russia" VTsIOM – 4.4% (+0.3 p.p.).

FOM – 4% (stable) 3 personnel decisions of the week "new people".