Russia's 2026 parliamentary election

Russia held parliamentary elections that were expected to deliver another parliament dominated by the party of power, United Russia, and loyal to Vladimir Putin, with critics calling the vote neither free nor fair. On the Sunday of the vote, Ukraine launched a barrage of missiles and more than 1,000 drones at Russia, which Moscow called the largest ever of the war. The attack set an oil refinery near Moscow ablaze and killed at least two people.