Putin casts parliamentary election as barometer of support for war, urges Russians to vote
Putin says turnout will show millions back Russian forces as the Kremlin keeps only pro-war parties on a tightly controlled ballot.
- Russia began a three-day parliamentary election on September 18, 2026, with 111 million eligible voters choosing the 450 members of the State Duma; electronic voting was also available.
- President Vladimir Putin presented the vote as evidence that millions of Russians support the country’s war in Ukraine and urged citizens to participate.
- United Russia is expected to retain control of the State Duma because it faces little genuine opposition, while the anti-war Yabloko party was barred from the nationwide ballot.
- Ukraine condemned voting in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions as illegal.
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Russians vote in election that Putin sees as barometer of public support for his war in Ukraine
Russians began voting on Friday in a three-day parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has said will show that millions of people back his army fighting in Ukraine, even though most anti-war candidates were not allowed to run. The State Duma election, the first since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, […]
‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine – Democratic Accent
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‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine
Russia's State Duma elections will be held in occupied territories of Ukraine including Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia without OSCE election observers.
Ukraine recognizes neither holding of ‘elections’ in occupied territories nor their results – MFA’s statement
The holding of so-called "elections" to the Russian State Duma in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine is a farce orchestrated by the occupying power; it has nothing in common with democratic elections and creates no legal grounds for extending Russian jurisdiction to any part of Ukraine's territory, according to a statement released by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Friday.
Russians have begun voting in a three-day parliamentary election, the first in the country since the war in Ukraine began in 2022. The process takes place in a situation where the opposition is almost eliminated from the race. Authorities have decided to hold the vote over the weekend, in order to increase the turnout of 111 million voters, while electronic voting has also been allowed. Polling stations will remain open until Sunday. The Kremlin…
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