# Western attempts to disrupt Russian elections united society, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/91007

- TASS, 2026-10-08 08:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2199119

> Ilya Gusev, acting head of the Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs’ interregional office for the North Caucasian Federal District, Crimea and Sevastopol, told TASS that efforts by the collective West and Ukraine to disrupt September’s State Duma elections instead consolidated Russian society. He said citizens were ready to defend their social and political life and preserve stability.