{
  "id": 10990689,
  "title": "Vyacheslav Volodin reelected speaker of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, for third consecutive term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/vyacheslav-volodin-reelected-speaker-of-the-state-duma-russias-lower",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:38:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/30/vyacheslav-volodin-reelected-speaker-of-the-state-duma-russia-s-lower-house-for-third-consecutive-term"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At the ninth State Duma's inaugural session, lawmakers elected Vyacheslav Volodin for his third consecutive term as speaker. United Russia nominated him for the position. Out of 442 lawmakers, 406 cast their votes in favor. Volodin assumed the role of speaker in 2016, guiding both the seventh and eighth State Dumas. During the recent election, Volodin secured a seat in Russia's single-member Saratov electoral district. He holds the distinction of being the inaugural State Duma speaker to oversee the lower house of parliament for over two consecutive terms.",
  "summary": "At the first plenary session of the ninth State Duma, lawmakers elected Vyacheslav Volodin to a third consecutive term as speaker.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "State Police: Bago, Tompolo, Elumelu, others to speak on bill at House Press Corps lecture",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/state-police-bago-tompolo-elumelu-others-to-speak-on-bill-at-house",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:29:55.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}