United Russia leads wartime parliamentary election as cyberattacks and drone strikes shadow voting

Russia’s ruling United Russia party was projected to win the parliamentary election, positioning the main pro-Kremlin force to retain power.³Backed by 3 sourcesFrance 24EuronewsCNBC The vote took place during Russia’s war with Ukraine, and reports linked the election period to Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow.¹Backed by 1 sourcesCNBC

The election was also reported to have been affected by cyberattacks, although the supplied reports do not specify their perpetrators or full impact.¹Backed by 1 sourcesEuronews With about 58% of precincts counted, United Russia had nearly 58% of the vote for the 225 parliamentary seats allocated through party lists, according to the Central Election Commission as cited by The Hindu.¹Backed by 1 sourcesThe Hindu Early reporting described the result as unsurprising, while noting that how the Kremlin would use the election outcome remained unclear.¹Backed by 1 sourcesBBC