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Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.","category":"Politics","area":"Russia","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T21:46:09.643Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-17T21:32:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T21:46:09.643Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":55,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to named bodies, but relies on anonymous sourcing and lacks specific dates/locations.","critic":"Reports are clear and hold together, but lack quotes from affected parties and details on what happens next.","hype":"Headlines promise a tightly controlled vote, but the body of the reports is more measured."}},"tags":["#Russia","#Elections","#UkraineWar","#StateDuma","#Politics"],"entities":["Vladimir Putin","State Duma","Carnegie Endowment for International Peace","Tatiana Stanovaïa","La Presse","Washington Top News"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Polls have opened in Russia's Far East for a three-day parliamentary election.","This is the first parliamentary vote since the start of the war in Ukraine.","President Vladimir Putin's party is widely expected to win the election.","Voting is also occurring in occupied territories of eastern Ukraine."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, with polls opening in the Far East. The vote will determine all 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. This election is the first parliamentary vote to take place since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Voting is also being conducted in occupied territories of eastern Ukraine."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on election timing"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While most reports state that voting began on Friday, 18 September 2026, one outlet indicates a different start date. Vedomosti.ru reports that the election will last for three days, from 18 to 20 September. Life.ru states that polling stations in the Far East opened at 11 p.m. Moscow time on 17 September, with electoral commissions beginning their work on the morning of 18 September. 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