Pro-Putin party gets record 355 parliamentary seats, anti-war party a tiny regional foothold

The pro-Putin ruling United Russia party won a record number of seats in the national parliament according to near-complete official election results on Monday while the anti-war Yabloko party appeared to have won a tiny foothold in one regional parliament President Vladimir Putin had cast the three-day election to the State Duma - the first since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022 - as a test of support for the war Elections for some regional parliaments and governors were held at the same time