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The elections to the State Duma took place under external pressure, which Putin mentioned, attributing difficulties to actions from abroad.
The recent elections to the State Duma confirmed the legitimacy of all government bodies. This is how Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the voting results at a meeting with the chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, RIA Novosti writes.
According to him, in modern conditions this is especially important.
The head of state also emphasized that a huge amount of work was done to hold elections at all levels, related not only to organization, but also to overcoming difficulties created from abroad.
Earlier, Putin signed a decree on holding the first meeting of the new convocation of the lower house of parliament, which will take place on September 30 at 10:00 Moscow time.

Six employees of regional election commissions died during the 2026 election campaign, said the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova. Most of the victims were in the Belgorod region - three people; employees from the Zaporozhye, Kherson regions and LPR also died.

During the elections to the State Duma of the ninth convocation in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, voting using satellite communications was tested for the first time, as reported by the head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Ella Pamfilova. The elections were held from September 18 to 20; representatives of five parties and four self-nominated candidates were elected to the new convocation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Central Election Commission staff for their courage in organizing elections in the country during a meeting with the head of the commission, Ella Pamfilova, in the Kremlin.

The head of the Russian Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, announced an escalation of cyber aggression in the State Duma elections, reporting more than 28 million potentially dangerous impacts on the commission’s digital resources during the campaign and over 14.7 million serious cyber threats on voting days.

Ella Pamfilova reported to Vladimir Putin about the failure of large-scale actions by unfriendly countries and fugitive traitors aimed at disrupting the vote, including calls to spoil ballots, which, according to her, failed miserably.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova reported that the total duration of DDoS attacks on the resources of the Central Election Commission during the elections to the State Duma of the ninth convocation was 468 minutes, and more than 14.7 million cyber threats were recorded during the voting days. The elections were held from September 18 to 20; representatives of five parties and self-nominated candidates were elected to the new convocation.