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POLITICSSep 21Former Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu detained on suspicion of fraudThe ultranationalist politician, who was accused of fomenting a violent coup in Bucharest, is facing a battery of criminal cases.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 21Pro - Putin Party Wins Russian Election | NewsRadio 560 WHYNwhyn.iheart.com · United States
POLITICSSep 21Georgia denies granting international protection to Russian army deserternews.az · Azerbaijan
POLITICSSep 21Russia: Putin party retains majority in controlled parliamentary voteVladimir Putin's United Russia won just under 58% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Meanwhile, Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov won nearly 100% of the vote in elections in the Russian republic of Chechnya.DW News [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia Announces Election Results Cementing Putin's Power; EU Slams 'Veneer Of Democracy'RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 21Putin’s party dominates in Russia’s sham electionsThe EU's top diplomat slammed the vote as "another major setback for Russian democracy."Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 21To Win the Peace, Ukraine Must Cope With Vast Numbers of VeteransUkraine must “build the engine while it’s driving the car,” said Vitalii Kim, the country’s new veterans’ affairs minister.Foreign Policy
POLITICSSep 21Germany’s AfD held talks with Gazprom CEO on resuming Russian gas suppliesThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is already in talks with Russia about resuming gas supplies. The party’s foreign policy spokesperson, Markus Frohnmaier, discussed the matter with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Putin party retains majority in first vote since 2022 invasion of UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. France 24 International affairs editor, Oliver Farry, shares further insights from this election.France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia’s pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war’s growing reach into MoscowUkraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on the State Duma election’s final day, including hundreds targeting Moscow.CNBC
POLITICSSep 21United Russia said 86 Ukraine war participants would get State Duma seats. Then the news was withdrawn at the party’s request.Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti took down an article that had reported 86 war participants would receive State Duma mandates as members of the United Russia faction, according to the election results. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo drew attention to the deletion.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21European Union dismisses Russia’s ‘so-called’ electionsPresident Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia won a large majority against token opposition, with no party contesting Moscow's war against Ukraine allowed to run. The post European Union dismisses Russia’s ‘so-called’ elections appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSSep 21Putin’s United Russia party wins record 355 parliament seatsPresident Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won a record number of 355 seats in Russia's 450-seat Duma, the lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results released by electoral chief Ella Pamfilova on Monday. The post Putin’s United Russia party wins record 355 parliament seats appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSSep 21United Russia secures constitutional majority in State Duma with 355 seats as election officials report record 59% turnoutTurnout in the election to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, reached 59.32%, according to Central Election Commission Head Ella Pamfilova.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia: Kremlin party dominates controlled voteIn Russia, early results from the parliamentary election show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party leading in the tightly controlled vote. The election, the country’s first parliamentary ballot held during wartime, began on Friday and concluded on Sunday, with around 111 million people eligible to vote. Moscow’s mayor said voting went ahead as planned despite Ukrainian drone attacks. Charlotte Hughes reports.France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we knowWith more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin's United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 21A Just Russia fails to clear threshold for State Duma party-list seats after 95% of ballots counted, election officials sayA Just Russia fell short of the 5% threshold required to enter the State Duma, drawing 4.96% of the vote on party lists with 94.95% of ballots counted.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Putin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov wins reelection with a record 99.85% of the voteRamzan Kadyrov won 99.85% of the vote in the election for head of Chechnya, with all precincts counted, according to Central Election Commission data cited by TASS.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Putin’s ruling party on course to retain power after election-day attacksRussia’s supreme court removing the anti-war Yabloko party off the ballot weeks before the voteIrish Times World
POLITICSSep 21Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin tops 92% in early district resultsState Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has more than 92% of the vote in his single-member district in Saratov in the election for the new Duma, with 4.05% of precinct reports processed, Russia’s Central Election Commission said. Communist Party candidate Denis Bulanov is second with 4.11%.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Pro-peace Russian parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova says she’s home and voted after disappearing days before the election. She still hasn’t fully explained what happened.Yulia Kuznetsova, a Greens party candidate for the State Duma, says she’s back home. She stopped responding to messages and calls on the evening of September 17.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Kremlin orchestrates Russian elections by manipulating votes and barring observersLe Monde [en]
POLITICSSep 21Axios: Trump and Zelensky agree to meet in New York as U.S. president again asks Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineriesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on the evening of September 20.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Teenage girl detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of setting two police cars on fireIn St. Petersburg, police have detained a teenage girl on suspicion of setting fire to police cars outside a station on Marata Street, a source told the news outlet Fontanka.Meduza [en]