The CEC announced the expected date of the State Duma elections.

Voting in the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation is expected on September 20, 2026. This was announced on February 4 by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia.

"Voting day will be the third Sunday of the month in which the constitutional term for which the State Duma of the previous convocation was elected expires. Thus, the expected voting date is September 20, 2026," the Telegram channel says.

It is specified that the voting will be held according to a mixed system: 225 deputies will be elected from party lists and 225 from single—mandate constituencies. The term of office of the Duma of the IX convocation will be five years, until September 2031.

In addition, for the first time, residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, will participate in the elections of deputies of the lower house of parliament.

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Without this, the electoral process can hardly be considered fair, the ministry said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last December that there was a threat of Western interference during the State Duma elections in 2026. He stressed that Russia continues to be the focus of attention of Western geopolitical "engineers" who actively use various electoral technologies.

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