# ‘Election without meaningful competition’: Russia’s results won’t measure support for Putin or war

https://mins.news/en/item/63896

- France 24, 2026-09-18 08:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/election-without-meaningful-competition-russia-s-results-won-t-measure-support-for-putin-or-war

> Grégoire Roos of Chatham House says Russia’s parliamentary election cannot meaningfully measure support for Vladimir Putin or the war because anti-war opposition has been excluded and competition is absent. Turnout, voting timing, the remaining parties’ performance and the Kremlin’s portrayal of participation as national unity may offer more revealing signals about the political system.

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