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Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants

Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
NYT World Friday 18 September 2026, 04:01 UTC By Ivan Nechepurenko 1 min read
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Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesA digital screen featuring candidates from the United Russia party in Moscow this week. Russians began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections.

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