Putin's Party Set to Retain Power After Russia Vote Hit by Cyberattacks, Drones
United Russia took 57.5% of the vote as officials reported drone strikes, 1,000 DDoS attacks and disruptions to election infrastructure.
- On Monday, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party secured a parliamentary majority, retaining two-thirds of the 450 State Duma seats with over 71% of ballots counted showing 57.5% support.
- Putin had urged Russians to participate, casting the vote as an "answer to those who want to weaken Russia," while liberal party Yabloko faced exclusion and primary opponents remain in exile or deceased.
- Ukraine fired waves of drones at Moscow on Sunday, the final day of voting, killing two people and setting an oil refinery ablaze, with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reporting 450 drones aimed at the capital.
- Central Election Commission chair Ella Pamfilova reported more than 1,000 waves of DDoS attacks against electoral infrastructure, attributing them to "highly professional, well-coordinated groups using artificial intelligence tools."
- Russia vowed to "intensify" strikes on Kyiv, with the defence ministry accusing Ukraine of attempting to "disrupt the democratic will of Russian citizens" following the largest drone attack on Moscow since the war began.
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Ukraine's deliberate attempt to disrupt the Russian parliamentary elections over the weekend with military attacks represents another level of escalation, Russian military expert Yuri Knutov writes in the columns of Moskovsky Komsomolets. The Russian opinion leader expects the war to drag on, and Trump to openly support Ukraine.
The more than predictable victory of the United Russia party, Vladimir Putin, revealed voting levels above those recorded in 2021, even before the invasion of Ukraine. The invaded country was very active throughout the weekend, with drone attacks and digital attacks.
After counting almost all votes, the Kremlin party comes to just under 58 percent. It is expected to significantly expand its two-thirds majority. Critics raise allegations of manipulation.
Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party has secured a majority in parliamentary elections marred by Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow and cyber attacks on the electoral system.
Vladimir Putin's party has unsurprisingly won a large majority in Sunday's legislative elections, marked by computer hacking and Ukrainian drone attacks to which Moscow has promised a response.
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