United Russia wins the parliamentary election on the day Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow
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the same fact, two accounts
CanadaOttawa 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.
What each one tells
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RussiaMoscow 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.
- Canada
of the election's legitimacy
the coverage questions the validity of the vote as much as its numerical result.
Unreconciled figures
the toll of victims in the Moscow region differs from one article to another without being reconciled.
What the account puts first
Russiaof the attack's failure
official agency dispatches reiterate the formula of the Mayor of Moscow that the attack aimed to disrupt the vote and failed to do so, with no reported Ukrainian reaction in response.
- Canada
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leaves out
Russia onlyRussiaopposition restrictions in state agencies
TASS, RIA Novosti, and Sputnik do not mention the exclusion of the Yabloko party or the condemnations targeting its leaders, documented solely in the pool by Moscow Times.
- Canada
Reliance on Russian official statements
the count of downed drones is based solely on the Russian Ministry of Defense.
What it leans on
Canada onlyRussiathis perspective does not carry this information
and the figures