{
  "id": 8805251,
  "title": "Election in Russia: Putin's War Parliament: Kremlin Party Declared Election Winner",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/wahl-in-russland-putins-kriegsparlament-kremlpartei-zur-wahlsiegerin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T23:56:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/wahl-in-russland-putins-kriegsparlament-kremlpartei-zur-wahlsiegerin-erklaert/100256013.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Russia's ruling party, United Russia, is expected to maintain a two-thirds majority in the State Duma after the parliamentary election. According to preliminary results, the party, led by President Vladimir Putin, has secured 309 out of 450 seats. The party's vote share stands at 57.9% after counting over 50% of ballots. The election has been criticized by Kremlin opponents and independent experts as undemocratic and unfair due to the exclusion of genuine opposition and limited press and freedom of speech.",
  "summary": "The ruling Kremlin party has been declared the winner in a parliamentary election that critics have described as a farce. Veterans of the driving war effort will also be sitting in the new State Duma.",
  "key_points": [],
  "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."
}