Putin’s United Russia party leads wartime parliamentary elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has taken the lead in the polls in the wartime parliamentary elections.
According to Central Election Commission (CEC) data, gathered from 83.52 percent of the precinct reports processed so far on Monday, the ruling United Russia has gained 57.82 percent of the party-list vote, making Putin’s party the winner of the elections.
The voting, which began on Friday and was marked by cyberattacks and a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes, is seen by political observers as proof of the Russian nation’s support for the Kremlin’s policies.
The elections, which were held across Russia and in the former Ukrainian regions that joined Moscow after holding separate referendums, are the first parliamentary voting since the country’s special military operation kicked off in 2022 in eastern Ukraine.
Since then, it has turned into a full-blown war between Russian troops and Ukrainian forces backed by the Western countries.
During the voting, Russian government officials slammed Kiev for making attempts to disrupt the election.
The election’s last day came against a backdrop of a major wave of Ukrainian attacks. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that its forces shot down a total of 1,110 Ukrainian drones across Russia, as well as over Crimea and the Black Sea.
Ukrainian drone strikes on Sunday killed at least three people in the Moscow region and two more in the Kherson region, including an election official, according to the CEC representative and the region’s governor.
Voting systems also faced waves of cyberattacks, according to election authorities, who said that the electoral process had nonetheless been mostly smooth.
CEC Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said the latest attacks had not deterred voters.
“The more pressure they put on us, the more we are seeing an unprecedented level of what I would call public unity,” RIA news agency quoted her as saying. The Central Election Commission is due to publish final results before Friday.
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