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

O partido governista Rússia Unida venceu com facilidade as eleições parlamentares que o presidente Vladimir Putin apresentou como um teste de apoio à guerra na Ucrânia. A informação foi divulgada pela Comissão Eleitoral Central nesta segunda-feira (21), após a apuração de mais de 95% dos votos. O partido Rússia Unida obteve 57,83% dos votos, segundo a Comissão, um aumento em relação aos 49,8% conquistados em 2021, quando foram realizadas as últimas eleições para a Duma Estatal, a câmara baixa do Parlamento. Notícias relacionadas:Rússia relata ataques cibernéticos ao sistema eleitoral.Putin ordena cessar-fogo de três dias em meio a negociações de paz.O resultado garante ao Rússia Unida 355 cadeiras na Duma, que conta com 450 cadeiras, o que permite ao partido manter maioria constitucional, acrescentou a comissão. *É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo.

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

Preliminary results suggest that Kremlin-backed United Russia is on course to retain its constitutional majority.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast the vote as a test of support for his ongoing war in Ukraine.

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Yohei Sasakawa, honorary chair of the Nippon Foundation, a Japanese charity group, met with senior Russian government officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, in Moscow this month. At a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in the Russian capital on Saturday, Sasakawa revealed that, during the talks on Friday, he proposed switching to a f...

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

Acclaimed Russian film director who won 2026 Grand Prix award at Cannes, ⁠has been critical of the war in Ukraine.

Millions of people are choosing a new lower house of Parliament.

Kremlin calls UK's support for Ukraine an endorsement of 'terrorism' after recent escalation in weapons supply.

Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. France 24's Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.

First vote since Russia invaded Ukraine seen as a sham by some and an opportunity to strengthen nationalism by others.

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 18: Russia holds its first parliamentary elections since the Ukraine war. Since only parties loyal to Vladimir Putin are running, the elections are seen as nothing but a veneer of democracy. In sports: Zinedine Zidane will unveil his first selection as coach of the French football team. Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic organisers approve a croc-infested river to hold canoe and rowing events. Finally, the first new feline species in a century has been discovered.

Voting got ⁠underway on Friday in a tightly controlled three-day parliamentary election in Russia which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, and most anti-war candidates have been excluded from the ballot.

Russia’s parliamentary election is under way, with voting beginning in the Far East on Friday, 18 September before spreading across the country for three days. Polls will remain open until Sunday evening, when voters will have chosen all 450 members of the State Duma.

Polling stations opened Friday in Russia’s Far East, kicking off a three-day election that President Vladimir Putin’s party is all but guaranteed to win in the fifth year of war with Ukraine. It will be Russia’s first parliamentary election since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022. The conflict has since killed hundreds of thousands. Only parties that support Putin and the Kremlin’s dragging military campaign have been registered to run. Moscow has also organised voting in occupied...

Polls opened in Russia's Far East on Friday as the country began three days of voting for its parliamentary election, the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin's main party, United Russia, is poised to keep its grip on power alongside other parties aligned with President Vladimir Putin, as the only party that criticised the war was removed from the ballot. 

United Russia won more than two-thirds of the Duma's seats in the 2021 election and is poised to dominate the body again

Russians vote for the first time since 2022. Can opposition parties challenge Putin-backed United Russia in this vote?

There is no doubt over the outcome of this vote, but for the Kremlin they are still an important moment.

Russian sports icon joins prominent domestic figures promoting the ruling United Russia party ahead of elections.

Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin on Wednesday described voter turnout in the upcoming parliamentary election as a barometer of public support for Russia’s war against Ukraine and urged voters to go to the polls. It will be Russia's first parliamentary election since the Kremlin launched its offensive in February 2022.

The third Russia-Africa Summit is due to bring African leaders to Moscow at the end of October, as ties between Russia and the continent continue to grow. The Kremlin has sought to expand its influence in Africa amid its isolation from the US and Europe, while African governments have pursued closer economic, diplomatic and security ties with Moscow. Russia has also sought to draw African recruits into its war in Ukraine. Four years after the invasion, Kyiv estimates that around 3,000 Africans have ended up fighting for Moscow on the front lines. We discuss Russia's growing ties with Africa and the recruitment of African fighters with journalist Noé Michalon.

The Russian authorities are using dubious claims to disqualify candidates previously cleared to run in the parliamentary election from September 18 to 20. The war in Ukraine is making the Kremlin even more cautious about who is allowed to campaign.

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticized Tokyo's request to remove a new statue of a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing a chrysanthemum emblem, a symbol of Japan. Japan should not interfere in the matter, Maria Zakharova, director of the ministry's Information and Press Department, told a press conference Wednesday. The statue was...

Russia has rebuffed a strongly worded complaint from Japan about the unveiling of a statue in the city of Khabarovsk depicting a Soviet soldier smashing an imperial-era border marker bearing the emblem of the Japanese emperor, with analysts suggesting the bilateral relations will inevitably remain chilly. The 15-metre granite monument to the Soviet Union’s victory over Japan in 1945 shows a soldier using the butt of his rifle to shatter the border post, identical to the former markers installed...

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister is in Moscow for a joint Saudi Russian press conference.