{
  "id": 12847438,
  "title": "Putin just turned 74. Russia’s State Duma isn’t getting any younger either. Here’s how the country’s parliament has aged over the past three decades.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/putin-just-turned-74-russias-state-duma-isnt-getting-any-younger",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T10:19:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/08/putin-just-turned-74-russia-s-state-duma-isn-t-getting-any-younger-either-here-s-how-the-country-s-parliament-has-aged-over-the-past-three-decades"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vladimir Putin, who turns 74 in 2026, presided over the opening of the State Duma's ninth session in late September 2026. The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has been gradually aging over the past three decades, according to Meduza's calculations. The first session of the State Duma was held in January 1994, with an average age of 45.8 for lawmakers. By the ninth session, the average age had risen to 54.3, marking an 8.5-year increase. Nearly one-third of the lawmakers in the new Duma have already reached the age of 60, with 106 lawmakers aged 60 and above from United Russia alone. The median age of lawmakers in the current session is 54.2, nearly nine years higher than in the first session. The State Duma's oldest lawmaker, United Russia's Vladimir Resin, turned 90 in February, breaking the previous record held by KPRF member Vladimir Dolgikh, who was 87 when the sixth Duma began in December 2011.",
  "summary": "In late September 2026, after reviewing the results of elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, Russia’s Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova said:",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}