# ‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/64036

- Fox News, 2026-09-18 10:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/voters-get-choose-just-not-result-russias-parliamentary-election-reaches-occupied-ukraine

> Russia’s State Duma election began Friday, including in occupied parts of Ukraine for the first time since the 2022 invasion. Critics say the Kremlin’s refusal to invite OSCE observers, censorship, intimidation and a pro-Putin party list show the vote is designed to manufacture support for the war and annexation rather than offer a free democratic choice.

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