{
  "id": 8264094,
  "title": "Russian parliamentary candidate campaigning under slogan “For Peace” disappears on eve of three-day State Duma vote",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russian-parliamentary-candidate-campaigning-under-slogan-for-peace",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:28:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/297279"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the eve of a three-day State Duma vote, Russian parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova from the Green party went missing. Campaigning under the slogan \"For Peace,\" Kuznetsova stopped responding to calls and messages on September 17. She denied withdrawing her election observers from polling stations, claiming a forged document was fabricated. However, her observers were removed from three Moscow precincts after the voting began on September 18. Kuznetsova's whereabouts remained unknown, as neither she nor her husband could be located at their home on the evening of September 17. A conversation with Kuznetsova's mother revealed she had left urgently for three days, but the reason remained undisclosed. The Moscow branch of the Rassvet movement had earlier claimed Kuznetsova and her husband were safe, but later retracted the statement. As of now, there is no concrete information on Kuznetsova's current location.",
  "summary": "Yulia Kuznetsova, a State Duma candidate from Russia’s Green party who was campaigning under the slogan “For Peace,” stopped responding to calls and messages on the evening of Sept. 17, one day before the start of the three-day vote. Before she disappeared, Kuznetsova denied that she had withdrawn her election observers from polling stations and said that a document purporting to show that she…",
  "key_points": [
    "Yulia Kuznetsova, Green party candidate, vanished before Duma vote.",
    "Campaign slogan \"For Peace\" under scrutiny after disappearance.",
    "Observers removed from Moscow polling stations on September 18."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}