Putin's Party Wins Supermajority as War Grows Unpopular...

Russia's United Russia party secured over 58 percent of votes and more than three-quarters of State Duma seats in parliamentary elections that concluded Sunday, marking the first legislative vote since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The supermajority—achieved in polls that excluded genuine opposition and included newly annexed Ukrainian territories—occurs as the war grows unpopular among ordinary Russians. The only registered anti-war party, Yabloko, failed to win national seats after being removed from the ballot, while the Communist Party, which avoids criticizing Putin directly, secured 13.8 percent of the vote.