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Russia's three-day State Duma elections concluded around September 20 amid widespread reports of irregularities: independent observers were barred from many polling stations, sham voting was staged in occupied Kherson Oblast with historically-themed booths, and Moscow's electronic voting system was found to be screening users for VPN use. Officials claimed a large-scale cyberattack hit Moscow's electoral system, while drone attacks disrupted voting in southern Russia and occupied Ukraine on the first day. United Russia's victory was considered all but certain after authorities barred opposition candidates using pretexts like playing American songs or mentioning Alexei Navalny. Opposition figures organized resistance despite the crackdown: exiled politicians including Ilya Yashin promoted a 'Noon for a Peaceful Russia' turnout campaign borrowing from a Vietnam War-era ad, though Yashin canceled a planned trip to Armenia after receiving threats. A Duma candidate from the Greens party, Yulia Kuznetsova, briefly disappeared after a campaign meeting before resurfacing needing medical help. Political parties also courted younger, Putin-era voters on TikTok while staying within Kremlin-approved boundaries.