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Russian election, cast as test of support for Ukraine war, enters final day

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Most anti-war candidates ‌were barred from the ballot; those who did run from the liberal Yabloko party said they feared for their freedom after courts handed long jail terms to two senior party figures before the vote for comments about the conflict deemed illegal by authorities Ukraine launched what Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described as the largest-ever drone attack on the Russian capital on Sunday. He added that the attack was an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the final day of a parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a test of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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