This weekend (Sept. 17-19) Russians vote for 450 members of the Duma, the country’s lower legislative body. Although the polls for Putin’s party — United Russia — are grim, the outcome is preordained.
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People vote during the last day of the three-day parliamentary and local elections in Saint Petersburg on Sept. 19, 2021.
