Navalny's smart vote and United Russia

United Russia has developed a plan to get a constitutional majority United Russia aims to maintain a constitutional majority in the state Duma after the 2021 elections and is looking for ways to counter the so-called "smart voting" that Alexey Navalny is campaigning for. To do this, the party must win more than 40 percent of the votes on party lists and win the overwhelming majority of single-member districts. To do this, it is planned to nominate "a certain type of candidates" – specialists "in a socially significant field or a socially approved field of activity" who are not afraid to communicate with people.