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Novaya Gazeta Europe: United Russia would have won just 34% in State Duma elections without ballot stuffing

Without fraud, United Russia would have won about 34% of the vote in the State Duma elections. The party’s official result — ...
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Reuters: Ukrainian drone attack halts oil processing at Moscow refinery on final day of Russia’s State Duma election. Repairs could take weeks.

The Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya has stopped processing crude because of a Ukrainian drone attack on September 20, the ...
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Russia’s election commission says ruling party United Russia leads in single-member districts and party-list vote, putting it on track for another ‘constitutional majority’

United Russia has 57.82% of the party-list vote so far, according to Central Election Commission data as of the morning ...
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Reuters: Zelensky meets CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Ireland’s Shannon Airport, less than a month after Ratcliffe’s first trip to Moscow for talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Reuters reported, citing two sources.
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Putin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov wins reelection with a record 99.85% of the vote

Ramzan Kadyrov won 99.85% of the vote in the election for head of Chechnya, with all precincts counted, according to Central ...
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United Russia secures constitutional majority in State Duma with 355 seats as election officials report 59% turnout

Turnout in the election to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, reached 59.32%, according to Central ...
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Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party was barred from seven of eight regional races. In the one where it made the ballot, it’s set to enter the regional legislature.

With 96.86% of precinct tallies counted, Yabloko is on track to win seats in the Novgorod regional legislature’s eighth ...
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Germany’s AfD held talks with Gazprom CEO on resuming Russian gas supplies

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is already in talks with Russia about resuming gas supplies. The party’s ...
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Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin tops 92% in early district results

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has more than 92% of the vote in his single-member district in Saratov in the election ...
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Russia’s election commission says five parties are on track to enter the State Duma. Ruling United Russia had 57.19% with results in from more than a third of precincts.

Russia’s Central Election Commission has released results from the State Duma elections after 36.87% of precinct tally sheets ...
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Russia held its first State Duma election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Officials say the same five parties are set to return, with the ruling party on track to ...

Voting has ended in Russia’s State Duma elections, and United Russia has finished first. According to Central Election Commission figures as of 11:55 p.m. Moscow time on September 20, United Russia ...
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Teenage girl detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of setting two police cars on fire

In St. Petersburg, police have detained a teenage girl on suspicion of setting fire to police cars outside a station ...