Russia begins three days of voting for its 450-seat parliament, with the first polling stations opening in the far eastern regions of Kamchatka and Chukotka
Russia’s three-day State Duma elections have begun. The first polling stations opened at 8:00 a.m. local time in Kamchatka and Chukotka.
Early voting, however, has been underway since late August in some regions — in hard-to-reach and remote areas, as well as among soldiers at the front.
In Kamchatka, more than 11,500 voters had already cast ballots as of September 17, the regional election commission told TASS: 5,097 people at sea and about 6,500 on land.
In Chukotka, 4,054 voters cast ballots — mostly geologists, meteorologists, reindeer herders, soldiers, and mining industry workers.
The current State Duma, the seventh convocation, began work before the full-scale war, in the fall of 2021. This time, residents of Ukraine’s occupied territories will vote in parliamentary elections for the first time.
The State Duma has 450 seats: half are filled from party lists and half in single-member districts. Ten parties are on the ballot this year. The Supreme Court removed the only antiwar party, Yabloko, from the ballot in early August.
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