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Politics● ElevatedSep 24 · Sep 24, 2026, 8:19 AM

Russia’s Communist Party says half a million votes were ‘stolen’ from it in one region. At one polling station, cameras allegedly caught ballots being swapped overnight.

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Eastern Europe

Alexander Safronov, secretary of the Krasnodar regional committee of Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF), said widespread fraud marred elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, held September 18–20.

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