# Russia votes as Putin faces growing war fatigue

https://mins.news/en/video/64977

- DW News, 2026-09-18 22:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5JERese9U

> Russia is holding its first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is expected to win again, but recent polling points to growing unease over the war, with many Russians supporting peace talks and worrying about its human and economic costs.

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