Russia: Kremlin party dominates controlled vote

Putin says Ukraine interfering in Russian parliamentary election

Putin Says Ukraine Interfering In Russian Parliamentary Election

Russia’s Parliamentary Elections Offer Rituals, Not Results

For the Kremlin, parliamentary elections remain a mechanism for political participation, feedback and legitimacy.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale...

Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party won a large majority in the country's parliamentary elections, marked by cyberattacks and a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes, according to results published by state media early Monday.

The Kremlin wants the elections to showcase popular support for the war in Ukraine and legitimise its action.

Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

Putin-backed United Russia wins Duma polls with 57.5% as Ukraine war overshadows votes

Putin-backed United Russia leads Duma polls with 57.5% as Ukraine war overshadows votes

Ukraine latest: Russian exit poll projects comfortable win for Putin-backed party

Ruling party dominates early results in Russia’s wartime parliamentary vote

The election, held to elect members in all seats of the lower house State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin's United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.

In Russia, early results from the parliamentary election show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party leading in the tightly controlled vote. The election, the country’s first parliamentary ballot held during wartime, began on Friday and concluded on Sunday, with around 111 million people eligible to vote. Moscow’s mayo...

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Russia’s pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war’s growing reach into Moscow CNBC Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament theguardian.com Russians go to polls against backdrop of Ukraine war and Putin’s tightening grip theguardian.com

United Russia party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence of support for war against Ukraine Russia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have taken part in the war against Ukraine, officials have said after a landslide victory by the ruling United Russia party in widely crit...

What Putin’s Election Victory Means for Next Phase of Ukraine War

Five Western nations and Kyiv condemned the voting in occupied Ukraine as illegal, while a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow on the final day of polling killed two people.

Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.