Politics
Russia's Ruling Party Retains Parliamentary Majority
Deutsche Welle · 5 days ago · Read the Full Story on Deutsche Welle
AI SUMMARY
Russia's ruling United Russia party has won a parliamentary majority in an election held amid a crackdown on the opposition and rising economic pressures.
- Russia's Central Election Commission announced that with 95% of ballots counted, the United Russia party won 57.83% of the vote.
- The party is projected to secure 355 seats in the 450-seat Duma, gaining about 20 more seats than its current holding in its strongest result in history.
- President Vladimir Putin framed the election as a referendum of support for the war in Ukraine.
- Only parties supporting the Kremlin's war were registered to run, while the opposition was barred from participating.
- The elections took place amid rising prices, a crackdown on political opponents and the internet, fuel shortages, and rumors of a new mobilization drive.
- The vote included residents from four occupied and illegally annexed regions of Ukraine—Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia—along with Crimea, an annexation Kyiv denounced as illegal.
- Ramzan Kadyrov was re-elected to a fifth term as leader of Chechnya, securing 99.85% of the vote according to electoral officials.
- International observers have previously criticized Chechnya's electoral processes, and Kadyrov's government faces accusations of widespread human rights violations, which he denies.
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