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The election of the eighth Russian State Duma lasted from September 17 to 19, and the ruling Party United Russia (United Russia Party) won the election. According to the report of Russia's TASS news agency and Russian news agency, Russian President Putin met with the 5 leaders of the list of candidates for the National Duma election of the United Russia Party by video on the 27th local time, and congratulated the United Russia Party on its victory in the eighth National Duma election just held. He also said the election results reflected the russian public's high level of trust in the United Russia Party.
RIA Novosti: Putin congratulated the United Russia Party on its victory in the State Duma elections
According to reports, the five people Putin met on the same day were Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, Foreign Minister Lavrov, President's Commissioner for the Rights of the Child Anna Kuznetsova, Yelena Shmeleva, co-chairwoman of the headquarters of the Russian Social Movement "All-Russian People's Front", and Dennis Prozenko, attending physician of Komunalka Hospital, a designated hospital for new crown pneumonia patients.
Video meeting screen, image source: Russian news agency video screenshot
Putin said: "I would like to congratulate you on the convincing victory of the United Russia Party in the elections of the Eighth State Duma and to thank several leaders of the party's list of candidates for the fair outcome of the campaign. ”
Putin also said that the election results reflect the high level of trust of the Russian people in the United Russia Party and the specific work it does for the welfare of Russia and the Russian people.
Talking about some people having opinions about the United Russia Party, Putin said that for the ruling party, this is inevitable. "The main thing is that people trust the people they vote for."
Russian media said that the election of the eighth Russian State Duma lasted from September 17 to 19. According to the election results announced by Pamfilova, chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission, on the 24th, a total of five political parties entered the State Duma, of which the ruling Party of United Russia won 324 seats, retaining the status of the "constitutional majority"; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 57 seats, ranking second; The Just Russia - Patriots - for the Truth Party won 27 seats, ranking third; the Russian Liberal Democratic Party followed closely behind, won 21 seats; the New Party entered the State Duma for the first time with 13 seats.