Russia votes in parliamentary election as war in Ukraine drags on
United Russia is expected to keep its grip as 3.5 million voters in annexed regions join the ballot, critics say.
- On September 18, Russia began three-day parliamentary voting across temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories including Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and the Crimean Peninsula, with mobile election teams accompanied by armed soldiers collecting ballots.
- The Ukrainian Ministry rejected the vote as a "farce" that bears "no resemblance to democracy," warning that residents in occupied areas are being "held at gunpoint" to participate in the staged elections.
- Moscow bypassed established monitoring bodies like the OSCE, instead utilizing EU-sanctioned commentator Xavier Moreau to project democratic validation; Kyiv reiterated that 143 General Assembly member states formally rejected Russia's occupation.
- With virtually no opposition, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is expected to cement its parliamentary grip held for 23 years, as the Kremlin plans to present results as evidence of widespread support for war policies.
- President Emmanuel Macron and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez stated that all relevant services are mobilizing to fend off interference from Moscow, following reports of intensified Russian hybrid threats facing France and Europeans.
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Moscow. President Vladimir Putin yesterday exercised at a distance his right to pay in the legislative elections to renew the Duma or lower house of Parliament for the next five years. Before doing so, he urged to vote for the ruling United Russia party, convinced that the results of the vote will demonstrate society’s support for its “special military operation.”
Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war - Regional Media News
Russia's parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains. Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced the action [...]
Although the ruling party's victory is considered a given in the ongoing parliamentary elections in Russia, the polls are a test of strength for the Putin system in the midst of the endless war The post Putin, the war and the stakes of the ballot box in Russia appeared first on in.gr.
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