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A voter holds her ballot before voting in the parliamentary elections in Vladivostok, Russia, on Friday, 18 September 2026.

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Video. Russians go to polls with no party against Putin or war in Ukraine

Updated: 18/09/2026 - 13:18 GMT+2

The three-day vote will fill 450 Duma seats and 11 regional governorships, with only parties backing Putin and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine on the ballot. Despite official denials of a new draft, fears of mobilisation are overshadowing the vote.

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