Putin argues that electoral results demonstrated legitimacy of power

“ Athe recent elections have undoubtedly confirmed the legitimacy of all the executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation, which is especially important under current conditions,” said Kremlin’s head, whose party, the United Russia (UK), won the suffrage despite allegations of fraud by the opposition.

Putin stressed that the vote was held in all Russian regions, including the Ukrainians annexed in 2022, despite the difficulties that “were created from outside”.

Pamfilova, in turn, thanked the Russian leader for approving a series of measures that allowed the elections to be held.

He added that this enabled the electoral authorities to work with the Ministry of Defense, the National Guard and other security agencies to create security conditions during suffrage, which lasted for three days.

During the meeting with Putin, Pamfilova mentioned the veterans of the war with Ukraine who were elected deputies in the Russian elections.

In the Duma, or lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, there will be 46 former combatants.

“ If we talk about elections at all levels, the figure is impressive: 655 members of the ‘special military operation’ have been elected’ Members, he stressed, referring to regional assemblies.

Pamfilova also highlighted the high participation in the first parliamentary elections of the entire war — almost 60% — in which the Kremlin party achieved the best result of its history and renewed its majority.

The UK, which supports the Putin regime, revalidated the parliamentary majority with a record number of at least 355 of 450 Members, announced last week the Russian electoral authorities.

The previous record was 343 deputies and had been reached by the UK in 2016, according to the French agency AFP.

After Putin's party, the most voted was the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, with 13.84% of the votes, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party (8.9%) and the New People (7.94%), while the liberal party Yabloko, the only one who dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the bulletin in August by the Supreme Court of Russia.

It was the first vote to include residents of four regions of Ukraine that were occupied and illegally annexed by Moscow at the end of 2022, also taking place in Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.