Election in Russia Will Be a Vote with Few Surprises
Western officials fear Putin may use the vote to intensify fighting in Ukraine and step up hybrid attacks on NATO allies.
- Voting for 450 seats in the Russian State Duma, the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly, began Friday and concludes Sunday, with the pro-Putin United Russia party expected to retain its large majority in Russia's first parliamentary election since invading Ukraine.
- Russia's only officially registered anti-war party, Yabloko, was barred last month from fielding candidates on the party list, leaving only Kremlin-aligned 'managed opposition' parties on the ballot, according to Russia policy experts.
- The conflict has cost Russia as many as 450,000 battlefield deaths and 1.4 million total casualties since February 2022, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, while Ukrainian President Zelensky predicted in August that Russia would mobilize up to 300,000 additional troops after the elections.
- Ukraine and NATO allies are preparing for potential escalation after the elections, as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Thursday that Russian attacks could strike NATO territory on the eastern flank, though President Putin dismissed mobilization claims as 'utter nonsense.'
- Exiled Russian political activist Andrei Pivovarov, who spent more than three years in a Russian penal colony, characterized the election as 'a show' designed to demonstrate Putin's formal legitimacy internationally while reinforcing the domestic narrative that society supports continuing the war despite economic strain and growing dissatisfaction.
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Western Intelligence Warns Putin Could Escalate War After Russian Election
Western intelligence officials say Moscow appears to be preparing options for a new troop mobilization after Russia’s parliamentary elections, while European governments are increasing defenses ... The post Western Intelligence Warns Putin Could Escalate War After Russian Election first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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