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  "id": 8896623,
  "title": "United Russia said 86 war participants would get State Duma seats. Then the news was withdrawn at the party’s request.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/united-russia-said-86-war-participants-would-get-state-duma-seats",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T09:35:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/21/united-russia-said-86-ukraine-war-participants-would-get-state-duma-seats-then-the-news-was-withdrawn-at-the-party-s-request"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti took down an article that had reported 86 war participants would receive State Duma mandates as members of the United Russia faction, according to the election results. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo drew attention to the deletion.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/exit-polls-put-putins-united-russia-at-49-4-in-russian-state-duma-vote",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:38:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Putin's United Russia party set to retain power after vote hit by cyberattacks and drones",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/putins-united-russia-party-set-to-retain-power-after-vote-hit-by",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:39:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party was barred from seven of eight regional races. In the one where it made the ballot, it’s set to enter the regional legislature.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/russias-antiwar-yabloko-party-was-barred-from-seven-of-eight-regional",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:41:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Who actually has power at the United Nations?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/who-actually-has-power-at-the-united-nations",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:17:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "United Russia leads after Russia vote hit by drones and cyberattacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/united-russia-leads-after-russia-vote-hit-by-drones-and-cyberattacks",
        "published": "2026-09-21T07:04:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Air defense downs 148 targets as Russia attacks with 172 drones and Banderols",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/air-defense-downs-148-targets-as-russia-attacks-with-172-drones-and",
        "published": "2026-09-21T07:18:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Putin's United Russia party secures landslide win in Russia parliamentary polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/putins-united-russia-party-secures-landslide-win-in-russia",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:00:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Main Kremlin party keeps control of Russia’s parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/main-kremlin-party-keeps-control-of-russias-parliament-after-a",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:29:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Russia: Kremlin party dominates controlled vote",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/russia-kremlin-party-dominates-controlled-vote",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:52:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Russia’s pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war’s growing reach into Moscow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/russias-pro-putin-party-set-to-win-election-as-ukraine-exposes-wars",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:36:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}