# Marina Udgodskaya When no-one in the village signed-up to challenge Nikolai Loktev, who's from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, he persuaded Ms Udgodskaya to register as his "rival" to ensure the minimum requirement of two candidates. "I didn't think people would actually vote for me," she told Telegram news channel Podyom. "I didn't do anything at all!" Even so, she won almost 62% of the vote. Her boss managed just 34%. \[1] * > 1\. [Russian cleaner sweeps to power in surprise village vote](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54338785), by Sarah Rainsford (September 29, 2020) *BBC News, Moscow* [↩](https://www.paulkane.com/terrance-watanabe.html#reffn_1) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.paulkane.com/elections/marina-udgodskaya.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.