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Russia’s Election Was Engineered to Send a Message: Putin Remains in Control

21 septembre 2026 à 14:09
A parliamentary vote demonstrated that President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic system was still able to deliver the results he wanted, analysts said.

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The headquarters of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, the State Duma, the Monday morning after Russia’s parliamentary election in Moscow.

They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?

20 septembre 2026 à 17:16
The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.

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Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants

18 septembre 2026 à 03:26
Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

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Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesA digital screen featuring candidates from the United Russia party in Moscow this week. Russians began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections.

Russia’s Election Result Won’t Be a Shock. What Comes Next Could Be.

16 septembre 2026 à 08:44
Russians are braced for what may follow for the military and economy after a parliamentary election that the Kremlin sees as a means of legitimizing its policies.

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An ad for the United Russia party in Moscow on Tuesday. A three-day election will offer little formal outlet for voters to register discontent over the growing reverberations of the war in Ukraine.
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