Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary election
President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party secured a record supermajority in Russia's parliamentary elections, winning over 58 percent of the vote and more than three-quarters of State Duma seats.
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Open questions and key claims
Putin states that holding elections on schedule demonstrates Russian authorities' legitimacy, especially when contrasted with Ukraine's wartime election status.
The Moscow system was under a very powerful attack, literally non-stop, all night long, and it is ongoing almost constantly, very large-scale and intense.
Russia vowed to intensify strikes on Kyiv in response to Ukrainian drone attacks.
Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to disrupt the democratic will of Russian citizens.
Turnout at the close of polls stood at 56.66 percent.
The ruling United Russia party won a record 355 seats in the 450-seat Duma.
All parties in the Duma voted in favour of 170 laws to support the special military operation.
Ukraine launched what Moscow's mayor called the biggest ever drone attack on the Russian capital on Sunday.
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