Explainer-How Putin May Leverage Russian Ruling Party’s Election Win
Putin is using the result to tighten control as drone strikes, fuel shortages and civilian costs rise across Russia.
- The ruling United Russia party retained its decisive majority in the national parliament on Monday, near-complete results showed, in a tightly controlled system that excluded most candidates opposing the war in Ukraine.
- Increasingly deep Ukrainian drone strikes have escalated, with Moscow targeted on Sunday in the war's biggest attack, while civilian casualties have sharply increased this year during the conflict's fifth year.
- Strikes on oil refineries have caused fuel shortages, while businesses grapple with drone attacks on warehouses and polls suggest Russians are increasingly anxious about the conflict's impact on daily life.
- Putin this month dismissed as "nonsense" suggestions of post-election mobilization, while promising that those who fought in Ukraine are "warriors" and part of a new "elite" destined for prestigious careers.
- Zelenskiy's five-year term expired in May 2024, yet Putin has repeatedly claimed the Ukrainian President is illegitimate for not holding elections, while authorities consider charging extra for foreign data exceeding 15 gigabytes to restrict VPNs.
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How Putin may leverage Russian ruling party's election win
The proPutin ruling United Russia party retained its decisive majority in the national parliament, nearcomplete election results showed on Monday, in a tightly controlled political system that excluded most candidates who oppose Moscow's war in Ukraine.
Explainer-How Putin may leverage Russian ruling party’s election win
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The pro-Putin ruling United Russia party retained its decisive majority in the national parliament, near-complete election results showed on Monday, in a tightly controlled political system that excluded mos...
Explainer-How Putin may leverage Russian ruling party's election win
MOSCOW, Sept 21 - The pro-Putin ruling United Russia party retained its decisive majority in the national parliament, near-complete election results showed on Monday, in a tightly controlled political system that excluded most candidates who oppose Moscow's war in Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The ruling party won a landslide victory in the Russian general election, the first held since the invasion of Ukraine. Predictions are emerging that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose grip on politics has become even more consolidated, will launch further mobilization efforts. According to reports from Russia's TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies, on the 21st (local time), the Russian Central Election Commission...
(Moscow, Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondents Kim Dong-ho and Min Kyung-rak = The voter turnout for the general election, the first held since Russia launched the so-called 'special military operation' in Ukraine, was 5...
Reformatorisch Dagblad
According to the preliminary official results, the Russian ruling party United Russia has, as expected, emerged as the largest party in the elections for the Duma, the Russian lower house. This was reported by Ella Pamfilova, head of the country's central election commission, after 95 percent of the votes had been counted.
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