Putin's party wins record Duma seats as EU denounces vote
United Russia secured at least 355 of 450 seats in preliminary results, while the EU criticized the election as eroding Russian democracy.
Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, won at least 355 of the State Duma's 450 seats, according to preliminary results from around 95% of polling stations cited by Le Monde.
The Council of the European Union condemned the "illegal" holding of the vote in occupied Ukrainian territories and deplored what it called a "growing erosion of democracy" in Russia, the newspaper reported.
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