United Russia wins the parliamentary election on the day Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow

South Africa

3 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Pretoria sees the Russian vote as a demonstration of strength without real opposition, marred by the largest drone attack by Ukrainians ever launched on Moscow.

Germany

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Berlin denounces a "Scheinwahl" without real opposition, where the 57.5% obtained by United Russia primarily serves to confirm Vladimir Putin's war course, the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow having only, according to the German press, highlighted the absence of any democratic choice.

Argentina

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Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Buenos Aires is dissecting an election without real opposition, held at the very moment Kyiv was striking Moscow with drones

Australia

6 SOURCES

Press focused on the risk of military escalation · 2 of 27 countries

Canberra is primarily concerned about the fear of escalation that Vladimir Putin's electoral victory would unleash, rather than the outcome of the election itself.

Bangladesh

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Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Dhaka is mainly concerned about the oil shock: the Ukrainian strike on the Moscow refinery, combined with an opposition-free vote, revives the fear of a surge in fuel prices that is already spreading beyond Russian borders.

Belgium

2 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Brussels is more focused on the lack of suspense in the Russian vote than its outcome, just hours from the largest Ukrainian drone attack ever recorded.

Brazil

3 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Brasília is dissociating the score claimed by United Russia from the validity of an election without real opposition, held on the day Ukraine struck Moscow with over a thousand drones.

Canada

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2 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Ottawa is questioning the legitimacy of an election where most anti-war candidates were excluded from the ballot, while Kyiv struck Moscow with over 1,000 drones on the same day as the vote.

Chile

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Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Santiago is gauging the unprecedented scale of the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, which occurred on the same day that Vladimir Putin's party secured victory in the Russian legislative elections.

Colombia

2 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Bogotá is deciphering an unsurprising election: United Russia wins with more than 57% of the vote, while the only anti-war faction, Yabloko, had been ruled out of the running by the Supreme Court a few weeks earlier.

South Korea

2 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Seoul sees in this unprecedented drone strike a demonstration of offensive power that redraws the balance of power around the Russian vote, rather than a debate on the legitimacy of the vote.

Estonia

4 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Tallinn deems the Russian vote illegitimate: Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna speaks of a "political performance" orchestrated by Vladimir Putin, as Russians vote at his embassy at the very moment of the largest drone attack on Moscow.

United States

6 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

The United States distinguishes between an intensifying war and an election it refuses to validate: on one hand, strengthened military support to Kyiv, and on the other, denunciation of a Russian vote without opposition, held even in the annexed territories.

Finland

5 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Helsinki is dissecting a locked-in election, where the announced victory of United Russia coincides with the largest Ukrainian drone attack and where a Russian diplomatic note aiming to ban demonstrations in front of its embassy is being ignored by the Finnish police.

France

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6 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Paris is deciphering an unsurprising election where the wave of Ukrainian drones over Moscow carries more weight than the score of United Russia

Hungary

4 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Budapest is dissecting a Russian election without real opposition, totally eclipsed on the last day of voting by the largest Ukrainian drone attack ever launched on Moscow.

India

2 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

New Delhi views the strike on the Moscow refinery more as an additional risk factor for its own Russian crude purchases, under the US threat of a 100 percent tariff.

Israel

2 SOURCES

Press focused on the risk of military escalation · 2 of 27 countries

Israel gauges the electoral victory of United Russia in light of the escalation promised by Vladimir Putin, between increased mobilization, threat to NATO, and decline of Russian influence in Syria in the face of the United States.

Italy

3 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Rome sees the United Russia party's victory as an election without real opposition, marred by over a thousand cyberattacks and overshadowed by the largest-ever drone attack by Ukraine on Moscow.

Pakistan

4 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Islamabad is particularly mindful of the energy cost of the drone attack on Moscow — a refinery was hit, leading to fuel shortages — more so than the unsurprising outcome of the Russian vote.

Peru

2 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Lima first notes a vote without real opposition, marred by irregularities in the electronic voting, held on the same day as the largest drone attack by Ukraine ever recorded against Russia.

Portugal

3 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Lisbon retains the accusation of hostility that the Russian embassy addresses to the Portuguese authorities, limiting the voting of its nationals to a single office, before following the election that gives United Russia the winner and the attack of Ukrainian drones on Moscow.

United Kingdom

3 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

London denounces a locked-in vote, where the drone attack on Moscow counts for less than the total absence of real opposition on the ballots.

Russia

incl. 1 state outlet

6 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Moscow claims a double victory, that of a united Russia at the polls and that of its air defense, presented as proof that the Ukrainian attack aimed at "disrupting" the vote has failed.

Sweden

5 SOURCES

Press for which the drone attack and its economic repercussions overshadow the election · 9 of 27 countries

Stockholm is measuring an attack that eclipses the ballot box: the Swedish press is detailing the extent of the Ukrainian raid on Moscow, its refineries on fire and its dead, more than the announced victory of Vladimir Putin's party.

Turkey

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Press heavily relying on official Russian sources · 10 of 27 countries

Ankara is first taking note of the unprecedented scale of the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, which occurred on the same day as the Russian legislative election, more so than the announced victory of United Russia.

Ukraine

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3 SOURCES

Press describing an election without real opposition · 8 of 27 countries

Kyiv claims to have dealt the most severe blow ever to Russia's oil industry, including a ballistic Pelican missile, on the same day the Russian authorities held an election with no real opposition.