Overview

• CEC chair Ella Pamfilova said the campaign proceeded calmly with practically no serious violations reported.
• Final and near-final tallies point to wide margins, including Maria Kostiuk confirmed in the Jewish Autonomous Region with 83.02% after 100% of protocols and Denis Pasler leading Sverdlovsk with 61.29% at 99.03% counted.
• Early counts show Alexander Dronov ahead in Novgorod and Yuri Slyusar far ahead in Rostov, while United Russia leads in legislative races such as Kaluga and Kostroma.
• Turnout snapshots included 55.41% in Leningrad by 18:00, 38.42% in Sverdlovsk with electronic votes included, and 36.4% in Novgorod.
• Election authorities reported sustained cyberattacks on the CEC portal and remote electronic voting, and separate drone strikes hit a Bashneft facility in Ufa and disrupted tanker loading at Primorsk.