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Putin's party retains parliamentary majority in Russian elections

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  • United Russia, supported by President Putin, is on course to retain its constitutional majority in the State Duma with larger numbers than last time.
  • The election produced no upsets or surprises, with no other party coming close to United Russia's performance.
  • The result comes after more than four-and-a-half years of war in Ukraine that caused massive battlefield losses for the Russian army.
Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial

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