The final votes are still trickling in, but the verdict is already out. Russia’s ruling party has retained its supermajority in the Duma, ensuring control of the legislature in the years running up to the 2024 presidential election.
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Members of a local electoral commission calculate ballots at a polling station after the last day of the three-day parliamentary election in Moscow on Sept. 19, 2021.
