# First day of State Duma elections ends without serious violations — Civic Chamber

https://mins.news/en/item/64703

- TASS, 2026-09-18 18:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189885

> The first of three voting days in Russia’s State Duma elections is ending without significant violations, Civic Chamber monitoring official Alexey Peskov said. Observers are overseeing polling stations at home and abroad, while election commissions are coordinating procedures amid missile-threat reports and attempts to identify unsubstantiated information provocations.

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