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
United StatesThe 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.
What each one tells
opposition
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.
- United States
Allied
the articles link the Ukrainian strike to the US military aid announced the day before by the State Department.
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.
- United States
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.
- United States
Reliance on Ukrainian authorities and Russian municipal officials
the collected quotes come from the Ukrainian president and the mayor of Moscow, with no spokesperson from United Russia.
What it leans on
United States onlyRussiathis perspective does not carry this information
and the figures
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United Russia score (partial CEC results)
% of votes
only one reports it57.87%
this press does not report this figure
United Russia score (VCIOM exit-poll)
% of votes
this press does not report this figure
around 450
Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow
drones
same figure450