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Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament

Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament
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Russia's ruling United Russia party secured a super-majority in parliamentary elections, with 49 veterans of the Ukraine war elected as deputies. The vote, which Western governments denounced as a sham and which occurred amid speculation of further Russian mobilization, further consolidates Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
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United Russia party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence of support for war against UkraineRussia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have taken part in the war against Ukraine, officials have said after a landslide victory by the ruling United Russia party in widely criticised elections. The pro-Kremlin party won a record 355 seats in the country’s 450-seat Duma lower house of parliament, according to preliminary figures.

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