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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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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 record 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 State Duma election delivered record turnout and a landslide for United Russia. Kremlin insiders say the results were achieved ‘through very dirty means.’

With 93% of precinct returns processed, United Russia, the country’s ruling party, had won about 58% of the vote in the election to the State Duma. Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF) placed second with ...
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A Just Russia fails to clear threshold for State Duma party-list seats after 95% of ballots counted, election officials say

A Just Russia fell short of the 5% threshold required to enter the State Duma, drawing 4.96% of the vote on party lists with ...
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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 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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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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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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Russian pro-war blogger Anastasia Kashevarova says friend was added to military registry the day after voting online. Another Moscow voter reported the same thing.

Anastasia Kashevarova, a pro-war propagandist and Z-blogger, said an acquaintance of hers received a notice that he had been ...
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‘The veneer of democracy is all that remains in Russia,’ EU foreign policy chief Kallas says. Brussels pledges new sanctions after State Duma elections.

The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia over its recent elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The measures will target election organizers and ...