Putin Thanks Russians for Voting Amid Alleged Ukrainian Attacks
Putin addressed participants of the war in Ukraine following the State Duma elections. Vladimir Putin thanked Russians for their active participation in the elections despite all obstacles.
Consensus
- Vladimir Putin thanked Russian citizens for participating in the State Duma elections.
- The elections were held from September 18 to 20.
- Putin claimed that attempts were made to disrupt the elections, including attacks on Moscow's air defense and other regions.
- Putin stated that high voter turnout showed that Russia could not be intimidated.
- The elections were described as a show of public support for the government and the war in Ukraine.
- The results indicated a strong performance by United Russia, with over 57% of the vote according to official data.
Points of divergence
- The elections were falsified. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Approximately 18.4 million paper ballots for United Russia out of 30 million may have been falsified, with real support possibly no more than 35%. — tg_istories_media
- The actual voter turnout was around 40%, not the reported 59.32%. — tg_istories_media
- Alexander Lukashenko congratulated Putin on the elections and praised the results as reflecting support for Russia's political course. — kommersant
- More than 4,000 DDoS attacks were launched against election infrastructure from September 18 to 21. — vedomosti
- On September 19 and 20, nearly 2,000 drones and eight 'Flamengo' cruise missiles were shot down over Russian regions. — vedomosti
Coverage (15 sources)
- Vladimir Putin thanked citizens for participation in elections: It is well known that we tried to hinder, sabotage these elections... — Радио Свобода
- Vladimir Putin thanked citizens for participation in elections: — Радио Свобода
- Putin thanked Russians for participation in elections — РИАМО
- «This is a vote for you». Putin addressed participants of the war in Ukraine after the State Duma elections — Важные истории
- Putin thanked Russians for participating in elections and declared that the vote was in support of participants of the war with Ukraine — Дождь (Telegram)
- Putin thanked Russians for active participation in the election campaign — Вести
- Putin thanked Russians for active participation in Duma elections — Ведомости
- Putin thanked Russian citizens for active participation in the election campaign. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Putin thanked Russian citizens for active participation in the election campaign. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Putin thanked Russians for active participation in the election campaign — Москва 24
- Lukashenko congratulated Putin on the successful conduct of the vote — Ведомости
- Lukashenko congratulated Putin on successful elections in the State Duma — Вести
- Lukashenko congratulated Putin on the conduct of a single day of voting — Коммерсантъ
- Lukashenko congratulated Putin on successful conduct of Unified Day of Voting, reports BelTA. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Lukashenko congratulated Putin on successful conduct of unified day of voting, reports BelTA. — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Putin
- Russia
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Moscow
- State Duma
- PVO
- Belarus
- United Russia
- BelTA
- Ukraine
- State Duma
- TASS
- Kremlin
- GD
- Ukrain
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