WorldPingRussian State Duma elections will be held in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia amid accusations of armed voter intimidation.
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First vote since Russia invaded Ukraine seen as a sham by some and an opportunity to strengthen nationalism by others.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
Russia's first parliamentary election since the invasion opens with no antiwar party on the ballot.
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WorldPingAlison Sargent is pleased to welcome Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House.
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WorldPingRussia and Ukraine traded strikes overnight as Russians prepared to vote in parliamentary elections in which the Kremlin's main party, United Russia, is poised to keep its grip on power, with the only party that criticised the war was removed from the ballot.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingRussians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. France 24's Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingFrench President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
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