# LIVE: Russia votes in parliamentary election

https://mins.news/en/video/64075

- Reuters, 2026-09-18 10:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z7XokReXpo

> Russians have begun voting in a three-day parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has presented as a measure of support for the war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election held in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.

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