Putin's party dominates election

United Russia, backed by President Vladimir Putin, won fifty-seven point five percent of votes with over seventy-one percent of ballots counted in Russia's parliamentary election.

Ukraine strikes on voting day

On the election's final day, Ukraine launched over one thousand drones at Russia, including hundreds targeting Moscow, in what Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the largest enemy drone attack on the capital to date.

“largest enemy drone attack”

Attack damages Moscow infrastructure

Three people were killed as flames and black smoke rose from Moscow's outskirts. A facility at an oil refinery was damaged in the strike.

First election since full invasion

This is the first election to the four hundred fifty-seat State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in twenty twenty-two.

All parties pledge loyalty to Putin

All parties on the ballot have pledged loyalty to Putin. The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered party opposing the war, was barred from standing by the country's top court.

Economist warns of economic strain

Elina Ribakova, senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics, said hundreds of thousands of war participants returning to Russia will face stagflation: high inflation and zero growth.

Zelenskyy to meet Trump in New York

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to meet in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week.

“We agreed to meet in New York, and this meeting could change a lot.”

Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine

Russia struck ten regions on Sunday evening and overnight, damaging residential buildings, a university and a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, with five people injured. Zelenskyy said Russia is ready to expand the war.

“Russia is not backing down from its escalation and is sending many signals that it is ready to expand the war.”