Absent Debates and Unified slogans... the War in Ukraine Is Swallowing up Political Competition in Russia.
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Today in Russia, legislative elections are beginning to select 450 seats in the State Duma, amid war slogans taking precedence over the scene, the exclusion of the only party rejecting violence, and the rise of candidates from the battle fronts.
Noticias de Navarra
Russia holds a parliamentary election from Friday to Sunday, renewing the 450 seats of the State Duma, in addition to the governors of eleven regions, and in which United Russia, Vladimir Putin's party, aspires to a new majority in the absence of real political competition.
In Russia a new parliament has been elected since Friday morning for the first time since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine in February 2022. In the three-day vote, a victory of the Party of United Russia by President Putin is considered safe. In addition to United Russia, only other Kremlin-faithful parties are allowed. Due to systemic oppression of the democratic opposition in [...]
In Russia, many politicians who opposed the war were either imprisoned or forced to leave the country. Russian authorities filed lawsuits against some figures who criticized the war in Ukraine. Only parties supporting Putin and the Kremlin's prolonged military operation were allowed to participate in the elections. Moscow also organized voting in the occupied Ukrainian territories. In Russia, Putin's United Russia party […] Russia at the polls: …
Three-day parliamentary and regional elections began in all 89 regions of Russia at 8 a.m. local time on Friday.
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